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135
R.E. Johnson
1968
Journal
July 2 Anchitka Island, Alaska
Flying together. Reproductive condition suggests they are breeding birds (but without nests at the moment I'd guess). The one ♀ had small but growing ovary.
Checked the Aleutian Tern colony near Rifle Range (see June 30). [3 Nests were found by Wallen on June 26 but we do not know that we have located his same nests]. Colony is ½ mile from the coast. We saw 20 or so birds [illegible] 2 days ago, Wallen estimated 45. Today there appeared to be 20 birds. An occasional Arctic Tern was among them (2:25 PM)
Nest 1 empty
2. 1 egg
3. 2 eggs
4. 1 egg.
I collected one Aleutian Tern (♂ with brood patches), one Arctic Tern, & [illegible] 4 Lapland Longspurs (2♂, 2♀) for flat skins for Williamson.
Checked rosy finch nest (52). The female was incubating 4 eggs, one more than the nest contained yesterday when the ♀ was absent & eggs were cool. Skinned birds the rest of day.
July 3 Anchitka Island, Alaska
Checked Longspur nests on Riparian, Wet Tundra + Rifle Range areas & censused Grauman Lake (see