Alaska journal, v4432
Page 161
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MacLean 1967 Journal [18 August] gred big live Tipula larva - so the berlese method won't work on medic sod. No Pedicia, tho. After lunch went out with Tom to Voth Area to look at birds while he set tripods III A-B. More unusually warm weather in the morning, but it quickly clouded up and rained quite hard. Many birds - a flock of ca. 35 alpina near the lines, plowers scattered about, several groups of dowitchers and pectorals, and still many longspurs. Collected 2 alpina, 1 melampoter, 1 P.d., and a series of feeding observations before the rain really hit. Helped Tom see out the lines, then came in and processed the birds. took a big wooden box to the hut and began setting up and packing our things in the evening as the weather improved again, Barrow, Alaska [19 August] More packing in the morning. After an early lunch started walking inland to Micro-Miller, then Goshine Ridge, then Village Ridge, then Brawerville Ridge to Brawerville. I think I saw more birds today than any day this year. Many alpina, plowers, and dowitchers; pectorals were frequent; a flock of pusilla by a pony in the