Alaska journal, v4433
Page 103
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MacPherson 1968 Journal 27 June) one of the slo moons. 28 June Barrow, Alaska Funny day. In the morning it was very winy with occasional snow flurries. Didn't hurry to get into the field - wrote notes, processed berlise yield until Pete returned from the traplines. Went over to So. Drum Area to find a second egg in the plover nest. Returned the vessel and walked our with Pete to look for nests and watch birds. It was very cold and winy as we started. Found a 4-egg puvillus nest at the So. end of the Drum area. Watched the puvillus activity just So. of the Drum area and concluded that it must be mostly for naugher - non-breeding birds. Continued along the banks of [illegible] Family Lagoon - found nothing new until about 1/2 way across the So. end of the lagoon, there found a focus of bairdii activity and a 2-egg nest. Circled back towards Micro-Mer - nothing there but 1 territorial pectoralis. Looked for white-rumps around Micro-Mer - finally heard a display farther East down Beach Ridge. Walked back through Drum area. Safrail's helpers found a 2-egg bairdii nest near where I removed a pair on the 20th; weighed these eggs, then in. The weather went from cold and winy to pleasant to winy, and ended up snowing and raining again. Redback activity is essentially over, and the pectorals are in flocks; however there