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Journal
R.E. Johnson
1968
June 13 Amclutka Island, Alaska (cont.)
These were judged to be Eider nests by the dark gray down that [illegible] characteristically lines the nest. For nests with eggs were found:
4 egg nests - 1
5 egg nests - 2
6 egg nests - 1
Glaucons-winged Gull nests were common:
Nests with 1 egg 7
2 eggs 1
3 eggs 7
1 young 1
2 young 1
3 young 1
1 egg + 1 young 1
2 eggs + 1 young 1
1 egg out of nest 1
recently occupied nests (now empty) 7
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A Tufted Puffin was seen in a burrow facing Kiribf Pt. and there were other burrows of similar size in the vicinity. A flashlight would be needed to determine the contents of these burrows.
They are located along the top of the island as holes [horizontal] back under banks crested with Elymus or [illegible] holes through the Elymus into the dirt on which it grows. There were perhaps 150 tufted Puffins either in flight or floating in a large raft