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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Journal
Species:
Arctic Loon 1- → N
Pintail 15
Steller's Eider 10 - female scooping out
potential nest site.
Oldsquaw 6 - big flock has
dispersed from Family Lagoon
Am. Golden Plover 2
Ruddy Turnstone 6
Dunlin 15 recent increase
Pectoral Sandpiper 20-
Baird's Sandpiper 4
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 25
Curlew Sandpiper 3 (2♀1♂) s.a.
Red Phalarope 40
Pomarine Jaeger 8
Glaucous Gull 50
Snowy Owl 7
Lapland Longspur 30
Snow Bunting 8
Lemmings: Sporadically distributed areas of very heavy
cutting on Village Ridge. 12 seen at IBP site 1.
Predators: Jaegers continue to be present, but in
low densities according to Dr. Pitelka. One seen
pursuing Glaucous Gull on Gasline Ridge; another
bombing Snowy Owl on Village Ridge
3 pairs of Snowys seen at one time from
vantage point on Village Ridge, all within same square
half-mile. Another seen near Family Lagoon