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Journal
51
R.E.Johnson
1968
May29 Anchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
a quonset hut next to the road dividing area A+B.
Rosy finch nest [30] was in a quonset beside the lake + only a short ways from nest 29. It was on
a shelf 5 1/2 ft up and contained 5 large young.
Another quonset contained a rosyfinch
nest with a mummified adult rosy finch in it.
Spart morning with the fish people shooting fish, etc.
May30 Anchitka Island, Alaska
Once again returned to area B of the area
north of Old Camp to finish the censusing of
old buildings for Rosy Finch nests. I examined
50 buildings (45 were quonset huts) in the southern
part of area B & located three additional nests.
Rosy Finch nest [31] was on a shelf 7 ft above
the floor in a quonset. Clutch size was 5 or6.
Three large young were in the nest + another
was walking about on the shelf. A smaller
dead one was on the edge of the nest and an
egg was on the floor below & appeared to be
this years egg but unhatched.
Rosy Finch nest [32] was 6 ft. up from the
floor in a cupboard of a quonset near the
Masonic Lodge. It contained 4 large young.
The bldg also contained an old nest with 2 old eggs
in it.
Rosy Finch nest [33] was 6 ft up on a shelf
area
in a quonset beside a lake centrally located in B.