R.E. Johnson 1968 Journal 24 May 22 Amchitka Island, Alaska Again fairly clear & still in the morning. Clouds are above 1000 ft & can see Semisopochnoi Island, but not Little Sitkin. The morning was spent stuffing Rosy Finches and trying to collect a Tufted Duck in Cleverger Lake. There were 2 pairs & one lone male among Greater Scaup & Buffleheads. Tom Abbott called our attention to them yesterday. However we were not able to get in range & they finally flew out over the ocean & disappeared. I collected two Rosy Finches (of a group of 3) on the east shore of the lake. One was a female with a brood patch & active ovary but no ova over 1mm indicating she hadn't laid yet. This was only the second ? identified this year. The other two individuals were males. In the afternoon we drove to the Beach Row & Riparian plots & censused them. The Beach Row plot had many Lapland Longspurs using the Tundra (inland) part of the plots. Few actually land in the tall Elymus grass. Three Rock Ptarmigan were seen & a Rosy Finch. On the Riparian Plot Lapland Longspurs were singing (and glide display) in attendance. Rock Ptarmigan (pair) & a Rosy Finch were also seen. Returned to Cleverger Lake to try to collect a Tufted Duck. We used somewhat different strategy this time and [illegible] did get one male. The Tufted Duck is an old world species that has been reported