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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
7)
Journal
the territory. The same was true for a Glaucous Gull. Pomarines
attach directly (strike) owls and gulls but other jaegers
(all three species) are not struck but escorted out of a
territory by flying underneath the intruder and giving a
owls and jaegers gulls are pursued from directly
continuous nasal scald behind, but other jaegers from underneath
Longspurs: took a holiday
Shorebirds: Captured juvenile Ruddy Turnstone at
Site 2 weighing 69 g and banded it. There
was a developing wing stripe and the rusty color was
developing on the back.
Migration: 3 loons overhead. 10 ♀ Pintails at Britton
ponds. Fred Cole and Ron Brooks reported 4 Yellow-billed
Loons at Point Barrow
24 July
NARL, Barrow, Alaska
Locations: Site 1,2, Gasoline Ridge
Times: 0825-1210, 1440-1540
Wind: 25-30 E
Temp: 35-40
Sky: clear
Species:
Arctic Loon 2 - S. Meadow Lake
Pintail 25 ♀ - Britton Ponds
Steller's Eider 1 ♀
Am Golden Plover 14
Dunlin 10 - one display heard
Pectoral Sandpiper 4
Bairds Sandpiper 2.