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Journal
65
R.E. Johnson
1968
June 3. Anchutka Island, Alaska (cont.)
Examined Kirilof Islets with field glasses:
Common Eiders - 3 \u2642
Harlequin Duck - 20 \u2642
Glaucous-winged Gulls.
Tufted Puffin - perhaps 15 seen in flight,
+ leaving
apparently entering burrows on the opposite
side of the island. Only two were seen
to fly from burrows on our side (west).
Cormorants sp - 3 on ledges of cliff.
Pigeon Guillemot - 1
Censused Jones, Mason, & Cleverger Lakes (see
Tables for details). Notable were 2 \u2642 Tufted
Northern
Ducks on Jones Lake & 2 \u2640 Phalaropes on
Mason Lake.
Checked the Rock Sandpiper Nest (see May 26,
at 4:30 pm.
28), and the eggs were warm! We had thought
the bird had abandoned the nest.
Spent the afternoon & early evening checking
Rosy Finch nests. The eggs in nests 4, 11, & 33
have not hatched, those in 11 were cold. Banded
birds in nests 12, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 34, 35, & 36.
previously
Also checked all nests with banded birds & most
are almost ready to fledge. Those in nest 2 "fledged"
on my approach! Details for nests checked can be
found in catalog of nests. Several dead young were
found & 3 were picked.