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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