Alaska journal, v4429
Page 261
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Maclean 1965 Journal Traplines took entire afternoon. Went out to Voth area in evening to check nests. Found all eggs in nests to our including Cake-eater. At cake-eater watch Baird giving alarm call, then Gave up and shifted to red-backed. What- lo! a nest, with..... 3 chicks and 1 pipped egg. That most joyous day of all summers has arrived. Checked another red-back nest on the way in, and found that it, too, is hatching. Once again, The redbacks reassert their position as early nesters. Left Hamilton and DeBenedictis at ice pile-up to watch for Aleuts + Eiass, and walked in to write notes. 13 July Barrow, Alaska Out to the tundra with F. W. Prescott- claims acquaintance with Pitelka + connection with Ecological Society of America, although not a professional type. Not a bag of coot. More lousy weather - too bad. Took movies of Hamilton being dive bombed by jaegers, Hen eggs, lemmings, and Snowy-owl dicks. Continues on to Footprint Lake and collected few pre-migratory pectorals. Searches area W. of Footprint (far- Southly Voth area, or upper, upper Voth) -