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Journal
50
R.E. Johnson
1968
May 28 Anchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
checked it once and found the same thing.
He watched from a distance & noted 2 (?) adults
within ear shot but none near the nest or
interested in his presence.
May 29 Amchitka Island, Alaska
Again the nests with eggs were checked to see
if any had hatched. These nests were #'s 7, 10, 11,
14, 15, 16, 18, & 22. Four of the five eggs in Nest 15
have hatched since the previous day. Charley Yarbrough
is going to weigh these daily to determine a
growth curve to go with his temperature data.
None of the other nests had eggs hatch.
I examined 11 quanset huts & one other building
1/2 mile east of North Hanger on Engineers Rd
and located one nest rosy finch nest (28) on the
middle shelf of a set of three, only 3 1/2 ft above the
floor. There was some nest material on each
of the other shelves. The female was on the
nest of 5 small young. The building was
a quanset hut attached to two other quansets.
Returned again to the area north of Old
Camp and examined 8 more quansets & one
other building and located 2 more nests in
area B.
Rosy Finch nest (29) contained 4 large young
(the oldest I've seen) with feathers (primaries) breaking
the sheaths. The nest was on a shelf 5 1/2 ft up in