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R.E.Johnson
1968
June 22 Amchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
clump of Elymus grass on road side.
f incubating.
Scarp Nest on small lake near Tin Lake
(see June 9) - 10 eggs covered with down
Aleutian Tern colony revisited/see
June 18)
Nest contents
June 18 June 22
1. 1 egg 1 egg broken
2. 2 egg empty, egg nearby
3. 1 egg, 1 young empty
4. 1 egg, 1 young new meets this trip.
5. 2 eggs
Longspur Nest near Aleutian Tern colony.
4 eggs facing north (approx, no compass with me) in grassy bank of a large hole.
June 23 Amchitka Island, Alaska
Slept until noon, but made lunch on time!
Drove west past site C & hiked 1/2 mile or so to the Bering Sea where Christy Turner (Archaeologist) had told us he had seen a cormorant colony (location is 0.6 mi wt 1.5 mi. n. of Site C). A rock bluff extends out into the water at this point. The following species were seen:
Peregrine Falcon - pair flying & calling over head strongly suggesting a nest was present among the cliffs.