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Journal
Sullivan J.
Barrow, Alaska
by Chamberlain). Snap traps were set after evening
meal. Mullen, Chamberlain, and I set 4 rows
of 153 traps each.
Total - 612 traps. Numbering method:
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 etc.
A total of 50 stakes, numbered as above; 3 snap
traps were set at each stake. Bait used:
a mixture of peanut butter, bacon fat, and
clove oil smeared on the trip. Mullen believes
one baiting should last the season. 4 jaegers
seen in central marsh (while searching for
trap line locations). Chamberlain spotted a
longspur nest with 6 eggs.
Returned
about 9:20 P.M.
June 13 Checked trap lines at 8 A.M. Slight difficulty
locating them alone. Valmer passed in wheel on
the way to his study area, and pointed out one
set of lines. (1x + X). Capture: 1 Baird's
sandpiper. 2 as longspur. 1 Lemmus.
After noon meal set out live traps - 5 rows of
traps, 25 ft apart. The plywood box type
trap with a museum special trap to close the
entrance was used.