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129
R.E.Johnson
1968
Journal
June 30 Amchitka Island, Alaska
Slept in until 9:30AM this drippy Sunday
morning, then up to do some work in the
lab. The rain stopped, so after lunch Bob,
Dave & I visited the Rifle Range area to
try to locate a Rock Sandpiper nest with 2
eggs and an Aleutian Term colony we were
(Richard)
fold about by Skip Wallen. We found
four Aleutian Term nests & there were
certainly more judging from the number of
terns flying high overhead & calling. The
nesting area dry tundra with Lichen, Carex, &
Angelica being the most conspicuous, plant
species.
Aleutian Term nests:
1. 1 egg piped, 1 young (2 days old)
2. 1 hatched egg with wet young nearly free
of egg., 1 egg.
3. 2 eggs.
4. 1 egg
longspur
nest
barbed wire fence
Road to Rifle Range Point