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Hoemsn . J. V. 
1964 — Aleutians 
grocery store. 
While I was looking for birds' nests and matting barked at by dogs this 
evening I found a stolen (t) and stashed bicycle. 
Monday . June 8, 1964 
Wake 0530 and we get to airport by 060 M but too foggy for plane to get 
in (1st time this yr.) so we have to wait for I’ 7 "© fit. We go to office after 
0800 to talk to them some more. Mostly f bout swans, and I skin an * lder 
flycatcher that someone brought n from the road. 
Noticed earlier 60730) loose flock of about 25 violet green swallows, 
but other than that mostly tree or bank. Kin works up some swan stuff from 
their records * nd I look at some of their sloppy records, 
li§ go eat at — **»- , a bifr, homey type of place with them-*— then catch 
our largish plane to Anchorage. Just 3tay at airport there since we have 
1700 flight to Fairbanks. I call Scott and Kay. Scott is going with the 
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Japanese on Mr. ft. Flies next month and is mgr. of a large AF, CAP "Oitue 
team*' for Seward Face this year. 
Kext walk for 2 hours out to Woronxof M^rsh — see arc. terns. Bon. end 
Mew gulls, redpolls, semipal. plover, mallard, growing teal , spotted sp«{ 
Fox, Sav. end w.c. sparrows; tree, v.g. and frank swallows incl. colony of 
latter in send and gravel pit where I dig out one hole. Nest cavity about 
2' back in easy sand, grass and feather nest, 3 fresh e. I coll. 
Fly Alaska Airline jet over clouds to Fairbanks, seeing McK. fmi 
NT efte^ passing at 265000'. A guy tak-ps us to town in his sta. w eg. I 
spot pr. sandhill cranes overhead. We check in Nordale Hotel, e"t at 
Economy Cafe. HanV Hansen and Jim King passing through in Nordale too, we 
