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CHILDS
1951
Aug 3 East Ounalik, 110 mi SSE Barrow, Alaska
preserved leaves and what appeared to be
Sequoia cones. Specimens were saved
for Arnold's group of paleobotanists. More
than once something jumped into the stream
as I approached and although I could
never see the animal, I feel sure
that frogs are present. Pike are present
in the stream and I got a small fry
for Boelke. Jaegers pass over regularly
but there is no concentration of them.
The Parasitic Jaeger appears to be
slightly more common than the Long-tail.
Glaucous Gulls are common, a group of
10 was flushed near camp feeding
in the dump and in the grass. Two Rose
were with them; these birds are very
many and I have not been able to
approach them at all. Tree Sparrows
and Red polls are common in the willows
along the streams along with an
occasional Wagtall but the latter do
not seem to be as abundant as when
we first arrived. Mayer has been getting
some interesting figures on weight data
of the specimens of sequoias. I will
never forgive him for thinking I cut
a Ptarmigan or two when I shot 2 with