June 7 Point Barrow, Alaska Ten individuals, and possibly 12 or more, at one time seen from Nuvuk in midafternoon. The owls were perched about, generally near the beach. Later two were over the ice and one settled upon it, about 100 yards out. It appears that these owls have been following the land northward and have concentrated at the point. Lemmings are abundant there, but not so numerous and with more cover than on the open tundra June 8 1 or 2 next across gully from far end of AFCS Beverage line. No owls of this species from there to Barrow Lake. About 10 p.m. I saw two along the beach near the tank farm. June 11 At 7:40 p.m. Two between base and Britton wagon, another near magnetic observatory. June 13 One on beach at E-E and one at Wohlchlagslough yesterday. This morning 3 at once in Drum area. June 14 I noted several owls in the drum area this morning. At 9:15 I climbed onto a drum stack and counted 18 owls in the surrounding country to east and south. More than half were in the area where quirk and drums are littered about, as if to get some protection from the wind. The farthest individual was about 1/2 mile away. As I had earlier worked out toward the drum stacks occasional birds flew about, generally in