Field notes, v1379
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93 Journal R.E.Johnson 1968 June 15 Amchitka Island Alaska (cont.) Checked the Greater Scamp nest of June 4 & it still contains 10 eggs & the q was incubating. Explored the coast just nw of Tin Lake, hereafter called Tin Point : Common Eider - 3 pairs, 1 q Bald Eagle - pair of a nest on a sea stack. I was dived upon many times & 3 times it came within a foot! Swish! Parasitic Jaeger - 1 dark phase. Flying west along coast. Rosy Finch - 5 adults seen in usually intertidal area, on rocks which are above high tide line. Hornet Puffin - 5 floating at sea. Tufted Puffin - 50 approx. Floating in a large group at sea. Winter Wren 2 Guillemots - 5 floating 100 yds out from cliffs. Cormorant Colony on large sea stack 19 nests were seen. 2 were Red-Faced Cormorant nests & the rest were Pelagic Cormorante nests. One nest had young birds in it. Jones Lake Census - One male Tufted Duck was seen. See table for other birds.