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E. M. Brock
1958
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Sabine Gull
July 17 Pitt Point, Alaska
were being incubated. Of the sabine gull
ests, five contained two eggs, five
contained one egg, one contained one
pipping egg and nine were nests
that were empty and probably vacated.
Two very young chicks were also noticed.
The island was a mossy, spongy wet
island surrounded for the most part by
water about 10" deep and densely covered
with Arctophila. Our approach to the
island was with the L.V.T., which
took parallel to the island and caused
quite an uproar among the gulls.
Also found on the island was a duck's
nest with two eggs that had been
destroyed and were still fresh. The eggs had
not been eaten, just broken.