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CHILD5
1951
July 5 Point Barrow, Alaska
quadrat fashion 5 of ARL. Spent the
afternoon looking at the Snow Buntings situate
and banding young in the nest. Gil & Frank
went out to LW.
July 6 Spent the day trapping and making traps. The birds
5 of ARL continues to show up in the traps in numbers.
65 records were gotten! The Longspurs are well into
the molt and records on the molt sequence were started.
Rose got a B King Eider. Frank & Gil went out to LW in the a.m.
July 7 Frank & I covered LE while Gil checked the traps
in the morning. The Longtail Garganey were still present,
again 60-11 of them. From what we can gather the
& phalaropes have left the area as we have not
seen any in several days. Very strange Longspur
behavior on LE. In the p.m. I set the bird traps
out and now have 37+1g'sp. trap in operation. I did
not get as many as yesterday as the weather was
colder & the wind stronger. A dog has apparently
found the bird hunting good in the traps as 5 were
smashed at 2030. We found a Red-throated Loon's
nest with 2 eggs SW of camp with 2 eggs.
July 8 I got up around 1015 and ran the traps. The dog had been
at it again and smashed a few more traps. Spent
the afternoon getting the banding dope in order &
running the traps. Ceased banding at 2030. The
We went out at 0130 this morning & has been
moving by all day driven by the nest wind.