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Maches
1966
Beck regarding new masonite strips for
Tanglefoot traps - without success. Went
our to Voth Area - tom set lines
at A-B while Niko and I walked to the
west. Weather cold and windy, and
bird activity again very bad. Saw a
♀ Stellar's Eider settle onto a nest.
♂ was still nearby - must be just
completing the clutch. She sat tight -
would not flush when we walked
around the area.
Crossed Village ridge to Village
Lagoon. Finally found 4 Semi-pals
and 2 quiet ♂ pectorals. Semi-pals
were a little worked up - probably
extra birds intruding or a settled pair.
Collected a ♀ phalarope and a ♂
pectoral on the way back to the
wedgel, then drove in.
In the evening worked on today's
specimens and notes, then walked
into town.
2 July
Barrow, Alaska
Up early and drove out to Voth
Area with Jackie Campbell - Univ. of
Hawaii entomologist - to move her
wino nets. These had been set
in Britton's Area, with prevailing