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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Journal)
Fred Cole
Ocean off NARL: 1915-1940; clear; ocean open; 10mph E
Loon (sp) 1 → E
Common Eider 75 → W
King Eider 800 → W
eider (sp) 200 → W
Oldsquaw 1 → E
Ruddy Turnstone 1 → E (½ mi from shore)
Glaucous Gull 5 → E
Sabine's Gull 6 → E
Black-legged Kittiwake 20 → E
Long-tailed Jaeger 1 → W
Thick-billed Murre 2 (1→E, 1→W)
Lemmings: 4 at site 1; 2 captured and given to Fred Cole
Predators: nothing new
Longspurs: Feeding records 1000-1200, 1430-1630.
Coded feeding records on IBM forms 0830-1000, 2000-2100.
Shorebirds: Very large flock (250 - counted by 10's) at
Britton Ponds of 99% juvenile (buffy-breasted) Semipalmated
Sandpipers. Only one was seen to be banded despite a thorough
search - it appeared (not seen clearly) to have a pink band on
one leg and aluminum on the other - indicating this year's
juvenile. One Ruddy Turnstone seen flying ½ mile from
shore. 2 Hudsonian Godwits at Britton Pond (S.A.)
Migration: see ocean list.