Alaska journal, v4410
Page 19
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Transcription
- May 1 - We saw our first bat tonight. It was probably a myotis. Mr. Littlejohn and I rowed over to an island about 3 or 4 miles from camp. On the way over we saw a pair of Old squaws coming towards the boat and Mr. Littlejohn got both at one shot. We saw seven rock ducks. We investigated an old eagle nest on a point as we went over but could not flush anything from it. While I was on shore Mr. Littlejohn shot a leutescient[?] warbler. When we came to the little island we saw a flock of about a dozen sandpilps resting on a rocks. We fired three barrels and got 4 Aleution[?] Sandpilps, 1 black turnstone and a surf bird out of the flock. We found the eagle nest on the east side of the island. It was placed on an old dead stub about 5-0 ft up. The birds were around but we could not climb the tree. We saw a flock of about 20 green winged teal also.