Childs 1957 Journal 29 June Pittragea River, Cape Sabine, Alaska Walked to the falcon nest with Cantlon, Drew, and Gillis. Found that the Falcon was a Duck Hawk and that there was a Raven's nest there also. Collected 2 Tree Sparrows in willows opposite. No sign of mouse activity anywhere except on protected top side of ridge top where droppings showed on moss like at the Mende airstrip. 18 Caribou were seen headed for the lagoon, a result of the warm weather and mosquitoes 30 June Ran traps set out 6/28 no mammals - 2 j.r. longs 2100 west to river mouth accessions. Saw 2 Mergansers one Brant, 18 old squaw, about 21 mergansers, 4 Doo. Loons. Collected 3 old squaw with one shot. No mammals in trap plus 1 Savanna sp. in trap line. Spent day skinning. In the evening Cantlon described and listed species composition of the plant communities here. 1 July No mammals but 4 j.r. Racketal and 1 adult Beldat plus 1 Savanna sp. in trap line. Spent day skinning. In the evening Cantlon described and listed species composition of the plant communities here. 2 July Jim Drew and I went to river mouth. There were 50 old squaw, 21 Red-breasted Mergansers, and 10 Stellar Eiders. Cantlon scared 970 Snow geese when he opened his tent. They were about 20' away. We sat minutes for the first time off the coast at edge of fog. Cantlon, Gillis and Drew left at 1630 replaced by Marie Solomon, a matrix 22 yrs old, from Barrow?