Holms,8 1962 Journal 4 Jun Barrow, Alaska not yet very numerous. The snow conditions are such not much ground is exposed yet- but what regulates the number of birds moving into the area - since no strenth Holes are seen - They just appear to birds occupying the available habitat. - Must keep this in mind. 5 Jun Barrow, Alaska Morning spent in lab working a specimen & external content. In the afternoon, I drove Br. Hon's & John's Area - where considerable ground is exposed on the bluff over Lagoon & road on the ridge that runs west Toward the village. - looked about halfway between D. & V.; (4:02) - 2 flock; 1 Kender & Wated pairs - several part Semi-polar Sap ; 1 Baird Selp ; 1 Colder Plovi; 2 pr. A. Tremstons ; 1 Snowy Owl; Longspurs, buntings, 3 Sanderling (1 with a flock of Dunlin), 3 Pintail, 20 Blanous Geese (incl. 2-3rd year birds - [coll. by D.A. Muller]); Weather - overcast - 10-15 mph North wind blowing - Temperature seemed to stay below freezing all day - All ponds even froze over - except the lagoon, where the wind had opened up (vertex lagoons creeps [illegible]). Snow was being blown on exposed terrain