Journal 28 R.E. Johnson 1968 May 24 Anchitka Island, Alaska (cont.) Checked at the airport regarding the possibility of visiting others of the Aleutian Islands and spending one or two nights at them. This information was not readily available & I will check back tomorrow. Plane stops to the east are both on islands in the refuge & the several islands outside the refuge (Unnak, Unalaska). Cold Bay on the Peninsula [illegible] is on the edge of a refuge but provides ready access to non- refuge areas. Collecting outside the refuge would cause less difficulty. All the islands To the west are inside the refuge. Only Attus & Shemya have landing fields, both are military. I wrote a letter to the Commander of the base at Attus. The island is large but only 40+ people are on it (Navy & Coast Guard) meaning that there is plenty of wild habitat to collect in. Shemya, on the other hand, has 4000 people & is a small island which is nearly covered with people & buildings. Drove up the island & censused the dry tundra plots and Silver Salmon Lake. The only species seen on the tundra was the Longspur and there were less sightings than last time. It appeared that all the birds were blown into the leeward side of the hill in the plot. Display flights were usually with the wind. Few females were seen. There were few birds on the lake (see table). Returned to camp area & censused Cleverger