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nearly sure to hear their notes wherever he happens to be. 

 Several pairs nested on the rock shelves of the sea wall near our 

 base camp. The young were able to leave the nest during the 

 first part of July. Snowflakes were often seen on the tops of 

 peaks, and in Katmai Canyon members of our party found 

 them on several occasions. Along the upper course of Mageik 

 Creek we saw a pair of these birds and heard them sing. We had 

 been on the trail for hours without seeing either animals or 



Two views of the sea wall along Katmai Bay. View at left shows nesting site of 

 the Glaucous winged Gull; at right, of Pelagic Cormorant. 



plants; suddenly in the distance we heard the song of the male 

 snowfiake and as we proceded on our way the song became 

 clearer. Finally we came to an immense spring of clear water 

 which it seems had been the means of preserving a few bunches 

 of grass at its outlet and the pair of snowflakes had found them. 

 These bunches of grass were the only green plants we had seen 

 for miles and their presence associated with the singing bird 

 and its mate gave a feeling of pleasure which was very much 

 appreciated. 



