Alaska field notes, v4439
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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.