John O. Sullivan Barrow, Alaska 1962 Btycta scandiaca 8 June. A pair of owls near gas line ridge. Sitting on elevated mounds on the tundra. Another pair in the drum area. Drove quite close (80 yards) to the ♀. Food-kamigi? 9 June 1530: Pair of owls by the drum area. ♂ gave "dracula" display with lemming in beak. Was joined by ♀. The ♂ had flown to an elevated spot on the tundra with a very slow sort of moth- like wing beat - the wings elevated and slowly brought down - and up again. The ♀ joined the ♂; her flight was "normal". (Mallen, Peper, Stevens and I watched from a vewl about 100 yards away.) The ♂ kept his wings elevated and thrust his head toward the ♀, then withdrew it - this was repeated a number of times. After about 5 minutes, the ♀ took the lemming flaw about 25 yards further and ate it. After another 6 or 7 minutes, the ♂ flew off, but not far. 2030 - Stevens and I saw what I assumed to be the same ♂, again in the drum area. He had a lemming, and seemed to be eating bits of it. He also stood up very