Alaska journal, v4429
Page 567
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Maclea 1966 Braun following. Went to second valley, then down to bird cliffs. Vegetation is very rich and still in good bloom- although getting to the later things (forger-me-not [=Myostis alpestris]), Epilobium, some composites). Uplands had abundant water pipits - nothing else. Pipits were very vocal. Bird cliffs were about as before, except kittiwakes are still on eggs and young chicks. Kittiwakes nets are on lower half of the cliffs, on fairly substantial nests of glass. Not as close together as dense parts of Murre colonies but still close and clumped in distribution. Found a black guillemot that came out of a narrow cave as if scared off a nest, but did not find nest. Did find a horned puffin nest cd. 30 feet up, in a cavity cd. 4 ft. deep. Too dark for pictures so went back over the mountain to camp. Checked traps- 1 mouse, then to bed. 5 August Cape Thompson to Barrow, Alaska Up for breakfast and trap check - 4 more mice - then loaded boat on the weasel and drove