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Journal 36
12 July. Cold NE wind ad overcast - the morning. Rain i the
afternoon and evening.
This morning I censored the plot. The activity, if possible was
even less than last time. There were hardly any spars, flying over
and on the plot there were the usual Red backs (just came to the
plot to check my presence), the phalaropes were still on eggs; it looked
like one Plover deserted its nest. There were no Peotrahs ad
I saw 2 Bonids near stake 5 and a Semijal near the old
(???) Road. There was a group of 6 Golden Plovers to the S of the
plot. Before turning back I checked one Semijal nest along
Wohlschlag Slough. Tom picked me up near the USC ags cabins.
During the Lenews there were three botanist on the plot - the
ditch near Stake 14.
In the afternoon I went to the Drum Area for about an hour
and the later on again for about an hour to photograph the male
Turnstone (Buddy) near its nest with 4 young. On my way back
I discovered that the Sanderling had 3 young + a pipped egg. Took
two young out of the nest.
In the evening I prepared a skin of one of the Sanderlings (NAMU145)
13 July. Overcast and very windy - the morning. Got up late after a
long evening of work and stayed i to write a letter.
In the afternoon fog rolled in but when this began to lift
and the wind died down it was very pleasant. We went to the
Britton Area, Steve, Tom, Jackie Campbell to get insects, while I
hiked to the Village Bridge and back again along the shore of
S. Salt Lagoon, where I found one Bonid Nest (#2). There were
some Peotrahs beside Red backs, Bonids, Semijabs but I obtained