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Journal
121
R.E.Johnson
1968
June 25 Amclutka Island, Alaska (cont.)
Pump house lake
Northern Phalarope - 3 (1♀ + 2 probably♂)
Rock Sandpipers - pair + 2 large young
Greater Scaup - pair + 8y
Common Teal - 6 ♂
Long Lake across rd from pump house on Pumphoret.
Greater Scaup - 2 ♂ plus pair + 5 young
Common Teal - 1 ♂
Mallard - 1 pair
Collected 3ad (2♂ + 1♀) + 2 young
Rosy Finches on south shore of lake.
(#'s 369-373)
Observations at Longspur nest ③-⑥ at
midday in the wet tundra area. I watched
this nest immediately after finding it for
about an hour & recorded the times the
♀ came & went from the nest. The number
of trips to the nest impressed me as unusually
large for that length of time, but the bird
didn't go far (never over 150 ft & usually only
60 ft) to feed so that quick trips were
feasible. I could not see well enough
(I was 100 yds away) to tell if food
was carried (visibly) in the bill & if fecal
sacs were removed in the beak. The
bird spent longer feeding the young (2.6
minutes/trip) than collecting food for them.