Field notes, v1379
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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.