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JP Myers
1976
Nyctea scandiaca
Smithsonian bldg area, 3km S of NAREL, Barrow AK
31 May Stumbled on b a nest w/ 8 eggs. & looking nearby. & flew off + was
captured w/ by &. By transect 2 on ridge to W saw our New pair w/
& doing dracula display to &. had Lemmey.
Gasline Ridge, TRANSECT I
owl nest w/ 5 eggs. As I approached, the & flew off and the & mounted her.
the nest is within 200 m of the nest that was out here last year.
2 June 11 am. 9 egg in smithsonian bldg nest.
4 June 7 egg in gasline nest.
7 June 8 eggs in gasline nest. a new nest w/ 2 eggs on Village Ridge
(see map p5 of journal)
8 June Alain [illegible], part of NAREL staff, told me this area of tending an
owl nest w/ 1 km S of lab - 9 eggs. Site marked on p5 map