Alaska journal, v4433
Page 93
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MacLean 1968 Journal 2 June) clear if turns quite cool. the pectoral influx is a general event - they are all over the area - some try up to set up territories, but still few ♀. Collected a number - 37 vary widely in weight, but some are heavier than any collected this season. Saw white-rumps for the first time this year. Finished the job and returned after midnight. 3 June Barrow, Alaska Spent the morning at home, thinking Tom and Pete were our setting traplines. They weren't - Tom decided that he had more important things to do. Had to spend the afternoon with Pete setting III & II, then I & II. These are the only lines there are in any condition to be run. Still lots of pectoralis around - collected 3, and the evening run of the traps got 2 more, (including a ♀). Another beautiful, warm day. Still at least 25 white-rumps on gasoline ridge. The Pedicularis display there is magnificent. Saw a group of 23 snowgeese overhead as we did lines IV & V. In the evening Holmes, Soikkeli, and Safriel came up to the burr for a shorebird confab. Unfortunately Soikkeli seems afraid of this English, and Safriel definitely doesn't, so we didn't hear much from Soikkeli.