landings. About as often as not they would pull out just before reaching the cliffs and circle again to make another pass. I guess it is because they are at the wrong ledge, or can't find room on the ledge. The horned puffins were much less active - mostly just sitting. We saw but one [illegible] tufted puffin. Hope there are more somewhere. Sar and just watched for a few hours, then came home. Put up pipit and gooquit, wrote some notes, then quit. 16 August Cape Thompson, Alaska Decided to set a line of traps in meadow East of camp. Saw 47 Sturnus, but don't expect much. Rich went back to take pictures of murres before they all died. I decided to climb ridge North of camp which ends in bisco cliff. Collected 2 wheatears on the way up. The top of this ridge is a limestone plateau that is very rocky, and looks exactly like a Sierra alpine fell-fields. Walked out to the end of the ridge, looking down on bisco ciffs, then walked back and into next valley over. Saw fair amount of more recent mouse sign, but still not too active. Valley quickly narrows to steep