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Journal
R.E Johnson
1968
May 27 Anchutka Island Alaska (cont.)
May 27 warm eggs one old nest on another shelf in bldg.
In the afternoon I started censusing bldgs north of Old Camp for rosy finch nests. Bldgs with nests will be marked with red numbered streamers to facilitate location + identification.
Nest of Rosy Finch 23 in cubical in wall of cubicals for tools & parts in a long wooden workshop. The nest is 5 1/2 ft up & contains 4 large downy young, eyes not open, feathers don't appear to break sheaths yet.
There are 56 cubicals & 26 of these have some nest material, 3 have full sized nests. The amount of material decreases as one goes away from the active nest in all directions.
Cubicals are 5 x 9 x 10 inches ht x width x depth. There is also another old nest on a rafter in the bldg. A rosie finch egg shell was on the floor 20 ft. away.
Rosy Finch nest 24 on shelf 7 ft up in gunmet containing 4 large young with eyes will open + feather sheaths large.
Rosy Finch nest 25 on shelf 6 ft up in gunmeet containing 4 large young with eyes open.
Rosy Finch nest 26 on ceiling of old shack beside lake. One egg. 8ft up. One broken egg outside.
Weather changing to rain by 6 PM.
The following is a summary of nests encountered during the day. Most nests appear to be used over & over & to