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E.M. Brock
1958
Journal
June 11
Warmwright, Alaska
I and FF and left out all the traps at tonest 12th. Therefore those traps will have to be picked up first some are still set, many have rotten lemmings carcasses in them from last fall, some have birds, many of the others can be seen under water while the rest are probably still covered by snow. Merl did mention to me before I left Barrow that it had snowed and he therefore had left the traps out in the field!
During my morning walk, about seven jaegers were seen in all, one at a time, flying overhead, only one seemed to be hunting. Also noticed were two jaegers seated on mounds on the tundra,
At about 1700, to my surprise, Bill Mahr came in the door. He came to compare Warmwright tundra with Jessau tundra. He had taken a weasel trip to the Snow and upon his return stated that there was little lemmings sign there. Also there is little fresh lemming sign at Winwright but (and I have mentioned in my notes already) the large amount of hay on the ground is a sign of large winter activity.
Traps lines checked in the evenings with a catch of one longspurs.
In all about a dozen jaeger seen today.