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June 1 Point Barrow, Alaska
This morning in about 2 hours of hunting
and observation I saw about 15 flights of
old squaw at Nuvuk. The birds were all
high, several hundred feet, and extended in
fairly regular lines.
June 3 One large flock passed over the base.
June 5 Several flocks over the base area today,
all high.
June 7 Two flocks seen over Nuvuk in afternoon.
June 10 One pair in central marsh and one pair at Pitketa
flats.
June 12 Pair flushed from drum area.
June 16 Pairs scattered in country about Barrow #3,
2 pairs at the site and one nest with 2 eggs
found there.
June 18 Nest with 2 eggs found in L.W.; a pair on a
pond 100 yards away. This nest is about 8'
from a short-eared owl nest which has the
clutch just about completed.
June 20 Flocks of 14, including about 7 males and 7 fe-
male, in low flight over drum area, as
if in local flight movement.
June 23 One ? calling on pond in S.W. portion of L.E.
this afternoon. When I arrived there in the
drizzling rain the duck was gone. A pair is
often seen in the thawed edge of fresh
water lake, along road to A.F.C.S. station.