Jonieh 1953 27 Journal June 26 Point Barrow, Alaska The morning was clearing and mild and the day turned warm with scarcely any overcast, particu- larly in afternoon and evening. In morning with Frank Pitelka I went to the south part of central marsh to census jaegers and locate their nests. Ice has disappeared from the 2 small lakes at S. end of the marsh, in the past few days. Disturbance of the water by the wind yesterday apparently caused the last of the surface ice to melt. The water was too rotty for determination of subsurface ice. We censused the marsh plot in the afternoon. The two principle grasses there have grown in places as much as 3" to 4". Nearly all the water has drained, as it will, from the marsh. In evening paid visit to snowy owl nest #3, discovered this morning, and examined the site carefully, with Pitelka and Thompson. Phalaropes collected by Pitelka along the route. June 27 In the morning I delivered Hurd to Britton wanigan via snowy owl nest #1 where we collected longspurs for stomach examination. I continued the collecting at the lake shore S.W. of Britton; then returned and wrote up notes. In the afternoon I censused plot L.E. while Pitelka censused L.W. and while