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143
Journal
R.E. Johnson
1968
July 4 Amchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
Lapland Longspur - one big juvenile
with a short tail flew up hill from
a fence top to the hill above.
Quarry nw of Jones Lakes
Lapland Longspur - 2 bather in shallow puddle.
another (?) seen carrying food in her bill.
Snow Bunting - 20, 1 ? seen. One chased the other out of the quarry.
Rosy Finch - several juvs. One was
banded (Blue-Yellow Lt. - from nest
35) & was with at least 2 others
that were not banded. This location
is about ½ mile from its nest site.
Arctic Tern Colony (see June 18)
(1.1 mi. e & 0.1 mi. n. of Makarius Pt.)
Revisited the colony site. No active nests
found & all previous ones that were relocated
(8 of 9 had red flagging & 7 of the 8 were found)
were now empty. Two eggshells were
found in one & an eggshell was near another.
Measured distances between nests to contrast
with the two Aleutian Tern colonies. One
of the 2 not located
nest fell within the existing figure
constructed below & one other nest fell
outside this probably by 50 ft. Spacings of in
this Arctic Tern colony are similar to those