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E.M.Brock
1958
July 15 Pitt Point, Alaska
sandpipers longspurs snow buntings and
semi-palmed sandpigeon.
In a discussion with the men at the station,
it was learned that they had seen a pair of
crown cranes shortly inland. Only one man
stated that he had seen one live lemming
this year.
The extreme interest and enthusiasm
of the men at the site for knowledge of
the birds and mammals about the area
surprises me.
July 16 Checked both traplines in the mornings
and evenings, the only catch for both
lines was two longspurs and a snow
bunting. Eight gulls were noticed at
that time flying overhead in a northeast
direction. From the end of the second trapline
a large circle was made in the way back.
In the afternoon a walk was taken about
1.5-2.0 miles west along the ocean beach
and then back to the station by way of the
tundra. It was on the tundra about
1.5 west of the station when about 200
caribou were feeding. No recent
lemming sign has been found anywhere.
In order to make the trip to Pitt
Point possible, Map Brewer had arranged