Field notes, v1379
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Journal 106 R.E.Johnson 1968 June 19 Anchitka Island, Alaska (cont.) the ocean at a point sw of the triangulation marker marker #103 on the US Corps of Engineers 1:25,000 topo map. I walked west along the shore & into the ocean Dr.J. walked east. I waded out beyond the pt.where we parked the snow-track to a flat rock barely exposed above the water on which there were 15 Oystercatchers. The rock was covered with empty (freshly eaten) limpet shells & a smaller # of mussel shells (approx. 10:1, limpets:mussels). Two Arctie Terns flew over head calling. Three or Harlequin Ducks flew out from the ocean side of the rock. Eight Glaucous-winged Gulls were sitting on a nearby rock. A pair of Mallard ducks, 2 or Pintails,10 or+ 2pair of Common Teal were feeding in shallow water amid projecting rocks in the next cove west. Two pairs of Rosy Finches were seen along the cliffs between the point & the creek entering from [illegible] the large lakes we passed which flows past several square peaked buildings a short ways up stream. We visited these huts later & all but one had collapsed. That one had 3 old rosy finch nests in it & one still contained an egg, (probably of this years laying). On the return trip, we saw a pair of Greater Scap on one large lake & 10 Red-throated Loons on the