Alaska field notes, v4467
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31 Journal Sullivan, J. 1962 Barrow, Alaska → Cape Simpson, Alaska 7 July Fischer, pilot, flew me to Cape Simpson, left Barrow, 1150 - arrived C. Simpson 1220. Fischer ate at the site. Tundra looked fairly green on the way over - patches of ice remain on the sea - the holes and sloughs are open. Visibility partly obscured by clouds. Saw no owls, jaeger, or caribou. after lunch set out lines I + II. Day still overcast. 4 long-tailed jaegers in vicinity (no owls, no pomarine, or parasitic). Brain looks green, not too high - but uncut - except in a few places where fresh runways are present. The lines at Simpson are a good ways from the site (the ends of III + IV are ± 2 miles out). Set out III + IV after supper. Still over- cast, the 4 long-tails still around - mostly jaeger. Other birds: Red foxes in 2's - continuing in groups of 4. Pectorals - flocks of 7 or 8. Red phalaropes. 2 Arctic loons. 22 black brant. Semipalmated plover occasionally giving the electric motor call - in the air. A couple of Baird's. 8 July Cape Simpson, Alaska Hot and sunny this morning (claret to 70°). Lots of caribou out on the Tundra. Captured lemmings. Counted ± 200 caribou within ½ mile of line IV. One bull was