Alaska field notes, v4469
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A.M. Verbeek 1966 Anas acuta (1) 8 June Two males and a female came from the NW over Wohlschlag Slough and wanted to settle on the meadows there. There was some standing water available but my presence scared them off and they continued. 10 June About 1 mi.S. of Grant Point we saw 5 males fly over and then settle on an inundated stretch of meadow. 13 June I saw 3 males and later on one pair, as well as several single males. 14 June Four males on some water standing on the ice in the center of Central Marsh. 15 June One pair landed on a marshy meadow on the Drum area 16 June Saw one pair on the Drum area near trayline IX and X. They have been around there for several days now. 18 June A flock of some 15 birds flew between Garline Bridge & the Gas Well 23 June Two birds in the Britton Area 28 June Found a nest with 7 eggs at 20.30 about 100 m. S. of the Bridge crossing the water line. The female flushed off the nest as I walked by. 30 June Three males flew up from a puddle between the gas line & Garline Bridge 5 July Seven males south of South Salt Lagoon in a flooded meadow. 7 July Still 7 eggs in nest found 28 June. Female flushed. 17 July Nest found on 28 June has been robbed of its eggs. 15 Aug Saw at least 8 birds today, along the east side of Central Marsh and between I. Kepule & Wohlschlag Slough 17 Aug Two birds on a small pond S. of Honey Bucket Lagoon.