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Journal
R.E. Johnson
1968
64
June 3 Anchutka Island Alaska (cont.)
Puffins, cormorants, etc.
Tufted Puffins were
flying in & out of cliffs west of the location we noted
them at on May 20. None were seen at the old
location. Charley had checked the area a week or so
ago and seen no Puffins anywhere along the point.
There present numbers are equal to those of
May 20. At least 5 Horned Puffins were
also seen flying in the water. It appears that
their numbers have decreased.
Next we checked the Cormorant colony
on Kirilof Point & found new birds & no
nests with eggs. It appeared that some of the
nests had been destroyed. An occasional
Pelagic Cormorant flew by.
Five gull nests were found along the grassy
rims of gun implacements on top of the point and
on grassy humps in the slope down
to the south (away from the Bering Sea coast).
These contained:
K1 3eggs - one with crack
(located on rim of gun implacement)
(K2) 3 eggs - one with crack
(on rim of gun implacement)
(K3) 1 egg - cold - a few feet from K2
(K4) - 3eggs - below rd (so.) on grassy
hump.
K5) - 3eggs - as above