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MacLee
1968
Journal
(5 July) Marsh boards are covered with micro-nematocerid
after lunch finished cleaning, then went out
to make the change. It is still cold and
windy - nothing in the emergence traps, and no
tipulios on the site I tanglepots. the beer cans
are the most sensitive - they are producing
flies when the other two methods fail.
Dr. Mary Erickson of U.C.S.B. arrived
on the evening Wien plane. After dinner,
she, Eone, and I drove up to shooting station to
visit with the Algeaks for the evening.
6 July
Barrow, Alaska
A beautiful, warm, nearly calm
morning - one of the few a year that bring
out mosquitoes. (the wind was from the
couth.) Took MME our for a tundra tour-
down the gaswell road with a number of
stops to get out and walk. An influx of
jaegers - parasitic and long-tailed, but still
not many large tipulios for them to feed
on. Plover and turnstone near line III B
still incubating. A flock of steller's
eiders plus one handsome spectacled
eider?. Alpine nest found on the 3rd is
still 3 eggs.
In the afternoon the wind shifted
to the East and became much colder.
Went out for 800 samples. I'm starting