Field notes, v1379
Page 277
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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.