Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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M.Brock 1958 Arctic fox 2 June 22 Barrow, Alaska Made a special point of looking for the nest. No bird was flushed and the eggs were gone and the nest slightly disturbed with fox droppings on the nest and next to it. The droppings also had small bones in them which looked very much like lemmings. Two stakes further on along the line a bird had been caught in a snap trap but had been eaten, probably by the fox. June 23 Don Stephens reported seeing a fox on a weasel trip to the point. A white fox was spotted about .5 mile north of transects I and II while Tom and I were going out to retrieve the traplines at about 1900. I was moving about at a fast trot constantly sniffing the ground and hunting. It was definitely a different fox from the one seen on June 20 since this one had a very nice white coat except for a small black patch on the rump. The fox would trot rapidly in one direction and then suddenly stop and go in the opposite direction or to one side as if it were searching the entire area. Occasionally it would seem to find something to eat. On one occasion it stopped and fed