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Maclean
1967
Journal
[28 June] came in when snow started falling and
spent the rest of the evening working on
these specimens. Made a late check of
the baird nests before bed.
29 June
Barrow, Alaska
Up for the baird check - found another
new nest - the 4th of the complex around
nest #5. Spent the rest of the morning
writing notes.
Most of the afternoon was occupied
putting netting on the emergence traps.
These are simply wooden frames
covered by netting - in the shape of
a pyramid - to capture insects as they
emerge from a known area of tundra.
Ours are 1 m. square on the bottom.
I suggested we get a pair of Taylor
maximum - minimum recording thermometers
and place 1 inside and 1 outside of
the traps to see how they alter
the temperature of the micro-environment
After dinner I was drafted (with
little resistance) to play in the camp v.
village softball game. Camp won -
an accident. Returned for the latest
year check of the baird nests - finished
about 4:00 A.M. The birds seem to
be getting off of their nests sooner