KILBUCK AND AHKLUN MOUNTAIN BIRDS 



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Start of laying in 1976, 21 (34%) lost eggs or young: 5 nests were dug out 

 by red foxes, eggs disappeared from 1 1 nests, and 5 nests were deserted. 



Ten adults collected 19 June-22 August 1976 had eaten crustaceans, 

 capelin (MaUotus viUosns), sandlances, red Irish lords (Hetnilepidotus 

 hemilepidottds), and unidentified fishes. 



Homed puffin (Fratercula comiculatd), Csr (l6 May-8 Septem- 

 ber). Specimens: WFB865, WFB866, and YDNWR(CRNWR 115). 



Homed puffins nested in the coastal portion of the study area in rock 

 crevices in cliffs (Fig. 21) and in boulder piles along the shore above the 

 high tide line. So wis et al. (1978) estimated more than 4,000 birds in the 

 study area, all on rocky shores and islands south of Chagvan Bay. In 



Fig. 21. Homed puSin on its nest in a crack on a cliff; Cape Peirce, 25 July 1976. 



Photo by M. R. Petersen. 



