Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Journal
Curlew Sandpiper 1♀ (S.A.)
Pectoral Sandpiper 20
Baird's Sandpiper 6
Red Phalarope 20
Pomarine Jaeger 10-1 dark
Parasitic Jaeger 1-dam
Long-tailed Jaeger 10
Arctic Tern 1-Lake IH.
Glaucous Gull 4
Snowy Owl 2
Lapland Longspur 20
Snow Bunting 4 Caribou 5
Lemmings: none
Predators: Pomarine Jaeger chased Peregrine Falcon near
Lake Ithrock, both flying directly overhead about 50 feet up.
Longspurs: Many juveniles with adults on ridges just to
the west of Footprint Lake
Shorebirds: incredibly scarce
Migration: none
Location: Ocean from NARL
Time: 2000-2100
Wind: calm
Ocean: scattered flocks for 1/2 mile, then solid pack
Species:
Arctic Loon 2 sitting S→E
King Eider 100→E (50 ft in one flock
50 ft " +10")