CHILD'S 1951 July 24 Point Barrow, Alaska (Coit) It started to rain around noon and kept up all afternoon getting worse all the time. This has been the first real rain we have had. The Snow Owl are regular occurrence near L.W. now, another being seen today. July 25 It rained again all day so that not much was accomplished. Gil and I checked the traps we set yesterday with no luck except a juvenile longspur. On the way out we caught and landed 4 broods of Baird Sandpipers where yesterday we got all Red-backs, a very unusual occurrence yet undoubtedly due to chance. July 26 I started the nest watch on the snow bunting nest south of the lab that we had watched last week. The weather was warm with little wind so that mosquitoes were minimal. It rained hard twice during the watch. Eiders were passing over Binnick in tremendous numbers, some flocks over a mile in length! Gil relieved me at 6. Unfortunately the young were killed when the nest was slammed later in the evening which, of course, conclude this watch. July 27 After lunch Gil & I opened the bird traps and checked the Old Squaw nest. One young had hatched and it was banded. The evening seminar was by Dr. Gerald M. MacCarthy on Permafrost. Gil & Frank set out 3 owl traps near L.W.