Field notes, v1379
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R.E Johnson 1968 Journal July 17 Anchorage to Seward, Alaska & return billed Magpie, Arctic Tern, Common Redpole, Mew Gull, Fox Sparrow. The Naturalists' list for the area also included: Bald Eagle, Raven, Wilson's Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, Hermit Thrush, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Robin, Pine Grosbeak, Double-crested Cormorant, Spotted Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Winter Wren, Varied Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, Savannah Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Parasitic Jaeger, Common Goldeneye, Harlan's Hawk, Least Sandpiper, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Mergansers, & Common Snipe. The local flower list included: Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Liver-leaf Wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia), Goats' Beard* (Aruncus vulgaris), Cucumber Root (Streptopus amplexifolius), Nagoon Berry (Rubus stellatus), Arnica (Arnica lessingii), Poppy (Papaver alberseum), Poppy (Papaver nudicaule), Hornemann Willow-herb* (Epilobium hornemannii), Fireweed* (Epilobium angustifolium), Dwarf Fireweed* (Epilobium latifolium), Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina), Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorem), Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis), Northern Yarrow (Achillea borealis), Sea Coast Angelica (Angelica lucida), Devils Club. The five species marked * were seen along the Byron Lake trail. I drove on to Seward over an excellent paved