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Journal
69
R.E. Johnson
1968
June 5 Anchutka Island, Alaska (cont.)
nests 15 & 16, then took body temperatures
on rosy finch nestlings in his nests C & D.
We also checked the gull nests at Big Lake
(see: May 15, 25, June 3). Nest 1 now has 2 eggs
with cracks (hatching in process, we think) & one not
cracked. all eggs warm. Nest 5 has 4 warm
eggs. Dr Johnston has numbered these 2
active nests B.L. 1 & BL 2 (Big Lake).
Later on we visited the gull nests on
Kirilof Point & all nests are as before &
all eggs were warm, except nest K3 which now
has 2 eggs instead of one, indicating that laying
is occuring & the nest isn't abandoned as
we had guessed! The nest is only a few feet
from nest K4. These 5 nests were numbered
in the same sequence as I listed them before
(June 3) but are now called KP (Kirilof Point)
instead of K. Gull data is summarized on
separate tables [which see].
We also visited the Rock Sandpiper
nest again at 3:07 PM. The & was again
on the nest & allowed approach to within a
foot. She did not flush.
Visited Rosy Finch nests, 4,5,6,8,9,11,14,21,
23,24,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37.
banded nestlings in 5,6,8,9,14,21 and 28. Birds
had fledged in 31 & 34 & eggs had hatched in 33.