Hoeman . J. V, 
1964— A1 eat len- 
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Win end Vincent come in, the latter with string of 43 birds (2 leasts, 
the rest crested anklets with beautiful bright orange bills) and I remember 
the eol. telling me they killed 67 pintails when * ney x irst arrived this 
spring, and I felt his awareness that conservation is needed. Win seems 
convinced that the Ale id streams are endless though. I pay Clarence $2 
end Win gets carried away sad gives Vincent $5— the whole family beams, 
says Vincent almost got a seal out there. 
We walk out through tundra— separate, he finds longspur nest 4e. 
I a pintail nest lr. I see both nor ther and red p'rvalarope, more lesser 
scaup, a pair of Switchers %het here would have to be long— bill ed„ 
the first I’ve ever been certain of. Beautiful close view later of a 
red-throated loon and 3 whistler swans fly right ov^r me, the 2 'Ogether 
4«f»T ) bugling . 'A ee c ommon. loon at a distance g « pair’ df snow bunt ings , 
and collect a W. sandpiper 7 1 nipt, follicle, 1 egg in oviduct with rock, 
skin her. 
Have not yet mentioned lemmings, brown ones all over the tundr £ end 
beacher burrows everywhere I kill'd one yesterday skin ruined but I saved 
skull. Arctic ground squirrels here too. And introduced reindeer. 
■fane lit 1964 
This fine morning after breakfast we head east across the tundra and 
the base of Vinnipaghulghat Mtn. end before we've gone t mile I flush a 
W. sandpiper from its nest of 4 darkly blotched eggs which I collect. I'm 
watching the cliffs of pinnacles above as end finally spot a raven at a 
particular spot and know there's a nest. While I'm look ng through i 'in finds 
another golden plover nest only this must be f ulvs end the other domipxjlg. 
