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Journal
R.E. Johnson
1968
June 6 Amchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
suggested it may be Lycopodium instead. I brought back several species of plant from the Tundra that resemble the crop contents. Need a microscope to compare them.
Visited snowy finch nests 13 + 20 and found all the young birds dead. More pickles!
June 7 Amchitka Island, Alaska
Visited snowy finch nests 4,6,9,12,14,17,18,19,22,
23,25,27,29,30,32,35,36,37.
Took color slides of a Bald Eagle sitting on a tall telephone pole with my telephoto lens (350mm) and also some pictures of Semisopochnoi Island. This is the 1st day which has been clear enough to see both the base & tops of the peaks on the island. Usually the low ceiling of clouds allows a view only of the base (& even those days are few), but occasionally the snowy 4000 ft tops show but their bases are out of sight.
Meanwhile Bob & Dr. Johnston censused the lakes (Jones, Clenenger, Mason) & also located a dead Slender-billed Shearwater on the beach at the head of Constantine Harbor. An Inmm. Bald Eagle had been standing near it, before they spotted it. They also found a Common Teal nest with 9 eggs (& incubating) on road to Makarius Point.
In the vicinity of the garbage dump they found