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R.E. Johnson
1968
June 23
Anchutka Island, Alaska (cont.)
above the water level in some cases & were easily reachable.
Common Eider - 2 Ø seen on the shore of the bluff on the west side.
Four Ø + 3 or 4 ♀'s were seen on offshore rocks just east of the bluff.
Glaucous-winged Gull - 2 nests were found in grass topping a large rock directly beneath the cormorant colony. One contained 1 cold egg, the other contained nothing.
Two young of differing size (perhaps differing one or two days in age, but each of the order of a week old) were hiding in a hole in the turf - ostrich-style.
June 24 Anchutka Island, Alaska
Riparian Meadow plots
Rock Ptarmigan - one pair foraging in dry grass
Mallard - pair on creek above road
Pintail - ♀ incubating 4 eggs (see June 14)
in nest on Bridge Creek above road.
Common Teal - ♀ & 6 or more young in Bridge Creek above road. Seen first near junction of the 2 main forks, then later near the road crossing.
Rosy Finch - several seen on the east side of the creek flying high to & from the coast.
Longspur - 2 new nests
2-3 ♀ incubating nest of 4 eggs in