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Journal
June way down the East side of the plot,
with the door facing west.
Returned via the gaswell and found, again, much activity there-
red-backs, pectorals, phalaropes, some semi-pals. Collected a ♂ and ♀ pectoral
and a redback there. Back to camp for
a late lunch as weather turned colder and
snow began to fly. Spent the rest of the
afternoon putting netting on new emergence
traps.
In the evening Pitelka, Soikkeli,
and I drove out to Beach Ridge in the
vicinity of Micro-Met. It was quite cold
and activity was very low. This left time
for conversation. Soikkeli came right out
with it: "There are many things that
I want to see with my own eyes." Already
we have convinced him of one difference-
showed him a first year ♀ coming into
breeding condition. First year birds do not
even come to the breeding area in the
population he has studied in Finland. It
was too cold to get much done, so we
came in and I worked until 11:30 finishing
the emergence traps.