except there were less Dowitchers. In the afternoon I hiked along the beach to Duck Camp. Phalaropes, Sanderling, Glaucous Gull and Arctic Tern were the species present. At Duck Camp was a group of ~25 immature Red-backs and 4 Semipalmated as well as 5 Turnstones. The older ducks were still flying. I saw two groups both of which were shot at by the Eskimos, who are still camped there (about 7 families). Several small boys and girls with sling shots were hunting Red Phalaropes along the shore. Their aim is not to accurate but on the other hand the naive target gives them plenty of opportunity and I suspect that many a Phalarope is killed this way. A sudden dense fog made an end to my shore bird feeding observations. I got home at 16:15. Parker came home from his Snowy Owl catching trip to Pow, in Harrison Bay. He reported having seen Willow Ptarmigan, Gyrfalcon, Dowitcher, Semipalmated, Redback, Red Phalarope, Snowy Owl, Lapland Longspur, as well as Arctic, Yellow-billed and Red-throated Loon, Arctic Tern, Glaucous Gull, Pomarine and Parasitic Jaeger. Remmings were common, he said. He also saw Arctic Fox and Caribou. A few days ago they caught a Raven. 28 Aug. A foggy and stormy day with a NE wind. After breakfast Tom and I went to the Cake Eater Area to check a report of Snowy Owls (three) having been seen there yesterday. We drove as far as the improved road goes (across Venth Creek) but we failed to see Snowy Owls.