Nackbar 1964 Journal 20 August Cape Thompson, Alaska Wind seems to be going down, but still ablowin'. Decides to explore the river bed up the valley, so follows the meanderings on up, checking willow groves as I went. Expected to see Ptarmigan; not a damn one. Discerned abundant fresh caribou and wolf tracks, root-barked sanspipers, red phalaropes, northern phalaropes (collected one), short-billed dowitchers. Saw white-crowned sparrows for first time here. Shot a blue-throat, and gave it a close casket burial on the spot! Wheatears and some kind of warblerish beast abundant. Follows creek about 2½ miles to end of lower valley, then circles back up a draw and homewards. Scares up a shrew-eared owl; not too much else. Returns via the kitty wakes, with no result. Spent the evening putting up skins and cleaning. 21 August Cape Thompson, Alaska Wind has moved around to South, and quieted down. They say this is the bad weather direction. Looks it. Put up one of Ptarmigan Rich