Alaska journal, v4429
Page 247
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MacLean 1965 Journal weather - normal for 4th of July celebration. Found golden plover rest near CRREL warigan. Pair of red-backs + pair of turnstones acting rest-ish in same area. Paralleled slough up to Elser Lagoon - not much but phalaropes. Few shorebirds seen were mostly preening or standing. Found black brant rest w/ 4 eggs by E end of CRREL transect. Found dessicated remains of slender billed (?) shearwater. Cut across Holmes' Marass towards CRREL warigan to return. Found area (1) saturated (2) lemming cut (3) covered by lemming fecal pellets pellets furos! Lemming activity here is total, and except for a few phalaropes it is barren. Returned via Central Marsh road, nursing He lousy vessel. Spent evening in town playing softball. As usual, Village defeated Camp, 13-8. Barrow, Alaska Out with Hamilton toward Micro-Met area. Pectorals in NACS marsh further increase in number, completely social in feeding. No evidence of territoriality seen.