Alaska journal, v4429
Page 507
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MacLean 1966 from wino eddies on a small pool, so I collected enough to '1/2 fill a 4 dram vial to use in caloric determinations. Niko and I walked [illegible] about a mile up a drainage system, mainly basking in it all. Looked at flowers and birds, collected 3 large bumblebees (probably all same species) feeding on Pedicularis lanata and loaded with yellow pollen. A loose association of 4 red-backs looked like early flocking activity. Saw several of Stellar's Eiders - no PP. No prettords, very few phalaropes, no knot nests, only two pairs of baird's. Back at the vessel found a golden plover nest (4 eggs) and photographed the bird on and off the nest. Collected more Tipulids, then returned. Picked up a feeding of 7 prettord and a of lemming (!) from the village dump on the way in. The Lemmus was running across tundra fully exposed, and appeared lost. Eskimo peiss were hunting lemmings 100m. away, and may have chased this one out of [illegible] it's home range. They were duly impressed when