Alaska field notes, v4434
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May 30 Moped pretty steadily today. Except for writing up field notes on the plane trip & a few from the Litinegea I did nothing all day. May 31 Worked up the specimens from the Litinegea River in the morning. Finished notes & brought them up to date. In the afternoon, I went out in the meadow for a little bird see. Went out by Free Lake & Central Marsh. Visited all 3 of our scopes. Then traveled to S. end of Beach Ridge & followed it N for a mile or so chasing a Wheatear. The chased him back down to S. end & left him. cruised the S. edge of the marsh & up gasoline ridge to camp. Saw no geese. Examined polygon flops along ridges. Day show no lemming activity. The scopes are well opened in places- There is no sign of lemming activity. One runway loaded like it might have been active this winter, but not currently. This was probably the one runway we saw when the scope was first made. A few Longspurs have arrived, a pair of Snow Buntings was seen and one Wheatear.