"G.M Johnston Surf Scoters 4 31 Aug. Holkham Bay, Alaska. Channel between Harbor I. + Eagle I. A southeaster has been blowing for the past two days - steady cloumpour, closed in, temp down about 5°. First light snow on the mountain tops yesterday. The Scoters have stayed in this stered channel and the lee side of Har- or island. The only different behavior in this nasty weather is that they will rise up out of the water and shake the water off more frequently. In the sunny weather, one might see a scoter stand up every 2-5 seconds while watching a group of perhaps a hundred. In the wet weather one will see perhaps five ducks at a time stand, one all the time at any moment you look at the. The reason why the Scoters have been kept previously, in good weather, scattered all over the Bay is because there have been an abundance of Needle fish, (about 4" long, and another species of the