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Journal
June 11 Amchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
we had thought was abandoned, now contains 1 egg! They also noticed a rock sandpiper on the plots where I'd seen a pair on June 4.
I censused the Riparian Plots. Much aerial singing by male Lupland Longspur, saw fewer ♀'s than usual. One Rock Ptarmigan flew over.
Censused Jones, Mason, + Clerenger lakes (see tables). No tufted ducks: Also checked the duck nest north of Jones lake (see June 9). It still contains 10 eggs (tan). We flushed the ♀ & she appears to be a Greater Scaup & not a Tufted Duck.
Checked the Gull nests on Kirilof Point.
KP 1 - 3 warm eggs.
KP 2 - 3 " "
KP 3 - 2 " "
KP 4 - 3 " "
KP 5 - 2 young, 1 egg with, broken large dead chick inside. 1 Leech's Petrel cadaver at the nest.(DWJ 2145)
Saw a Gyrfalcon on the hill west of Clerenger Lake. It soared briefly, then landed & sat overlooking the valley from a large mound, then took flight & circled nearby while we were nearby, then landed downhill always on another mound.
After lunch I checked Rosy Finch nests 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 32, 35 & banded birds at 3. flying I saw a Parasitic Jaeger ½ mile from