Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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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