JPMayers 1975 Nyctea scandiaca Transect 1, [51,23 CCS], Gasoline Ridge, Pt. Barrow Alaska 15 June 1050 - dog stole 16 8 snowy giving distraction display going away from me. Wings flopped out, bounced, leaning over, dragging wings + waddling. when the owl is in close it's sup + is in distraction display it supplements host of a shrubbing squeak. 1130 - found snow owl nest w/ 1 egg. I had been ~100 m east of 20 stake, scanning for owl nest. as soon as I started toward nest, she flew off it + 8 flew backward me. Grid 3 19 July 8 Nyctea displaying dracula-like on grid to 8. This one has recently been freed from the tyranny of a pair of peregrine falcons, one of the pair having been shot. Now there are several (3) hunting on the area. Could the peregrin territoriality have kept up learning deviate from areas not held territoriality, thus causing this to be an especially dense area now?