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Journal
R.E. Johnson
1968
June 6 Amchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
We captured the 3 [illegible] & these were weighed & kept alive overnight + killed & stuffed the nextday (June 7). These are # 339, 340, & 341. Due to a mistake in handling there is some confusion as to weights of two of the birds. Number 340 & 341 weigh 41.2 & 41.7 grams, but I'm not sure which weight goes with which bird. I have recorded the weight on the tage as approx. 41.5 grams.
A Glaucous-winged Gull nest was found on the left [west] side of the dirt road leading from Infantry Road to Rifle Range Point. It was located on a large grassy hummock 50 ft or so from the road & contained 3 eggs.
Rifle Range Lake had a pair Pintails + one & Mallards (flying & circling over lake, with a brief landing, followed by takeoff), & 2 Gulls.
Censused the Beach Ridge plots and observed Lapland Longspurs, Rosy Finches, a & Mallard duck (flushed from Elymus grass), & Rock Ptarmigan.
Walked along Rifle Range Beach [west of Rifle Range Point] and observed the following:
Black Oystercatcher - 1
Common Eider - 1
Scoters? - group of 50 far off the coast.
Glaucous-winged Gull - many
Pintail - 3
Least Sandpiper - (