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E.M. Brock
1958
Journal
August 7 Cape Simpson, Alaska
No recent lemming sign present. No
juegues, owls, foxes were to be seen, yet.
Due to the hasty departure this morning,
I had no time to retrieve the traplines.
As mentioned I was supposed to go to
Cape Simpson tomorrow; But this mornings
Jim Hardins quoted Map as saying
that, if I did not catch today's plane
there would probably not be another chance.
Therefore, I have only one trapline with me.
This trapline was set out in the afternoon
on the east side (shoreline) of the large
fresh water drinking lake just west of
the site. Zero point zero stake was
at the south end and was located by
a U.S.G.S. landmarker of 7.15 feet. The
line runs in a N-S direction parallel
to one side of the lake.
A walk was taken in a southeast
direction for about two miles along the
shore. Many buff-breasted sandpipers
were once again noticed. Also seen were
julls, suddy turnstones, old sparrows, pintails,
red phalaropes) dowitchers, loons, longspurs,
snow buntings, spectral sandpipers,
semi-palmated (a Birds) sandpipers.
Two fox (white) dead
stools
were collected from animals