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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Journal
Location: ocean from NARL
Time: 0915 - 0945
Wind: 10 mph W
Ocean: ice edge 3/4 mile out, scattered ice floes
Species:
Arctic Loon 7 (2 sitting, 5→E)
Red-throated Loon 2 sitting
Oldsquaw 100 (8 sitting, rest → E)
Common Eider 18 - sitting (14♂)
Pomarine Jaeger 2 → E
Glaucous Gull 3 imm (2→W, 1→E)
Sabine's Gull 4 → E
Black-legged Kittiwake 30 (20, 10, → E)
Thick-billed Murre 1 → E
Black Guillemot 3 → E
Lemmings: 5 site (
Predators: nothing new
Shorebirds: Semipalmateds only species still displaying
Longspurs: Time-activity 1330 - 1630; IBP census
1630 - 1730. Unbanded male feeding Fledglings on Site 1 -
he must have come from a distance, since all males near
Site 1 were believed to be banded
Migration: 1 loon → S; 3 Parasitics, 6 Long-taileds → W;
see ocean list above.