Hoewen . J. I* 
1964— Aleutians 
9 
June ?, 1964 
Seems like a wasted day at first with ell the things I could be doing 
at Anchorage, but I hike down to Rengi Flats. Many gulls there, mostl mew, 
3 red-throsted or arctic (?) loons fly over singly with duck-like quacking 
to feed together and "corrrtship race" in river mouth, ravens heard, 
blaekpoll end ruby-crowned kinglet, and cf yellow warbler called close? 
robins. Savannah sparrow, redpolls, si afro-colored ,1unco| tree, band end 
v. q. swallows seen? also fox sparrow, white-crown sparrow, arctic tern. 
Golden-crown sparrow and varied thrush heard. 
After poorish breakfast at Pig Cafe in torn-up, dusty town (they're 
putting in city water and sewage system) we drive up road beyond Nikis hk; 
oil docks, I was looking for Eric Barnes ' fishing site but failed to find 
it and am sure his veterinary sign wasn't up. We photoed mountains and 
noted smoke from Grater k, on Mt. Spurr, Best of orn, Early this afternoon 
we spend in refuge office. Win at work on something of Chuck long's— I 
coding the Atoll Ecology book. 
Then we drive north to beyond Moose River but return to it and walk 
( ) up it on south bank to see pair of swans around first bend ■§■ mile up. 
They are trumpeters, an odd pair of 1 ad. and 1 lent year's cygnet. ’ ery 
curious — they swim right Op to us "talking". The toots echoing from 
house on far shore. Pintails, /l m. widsreon, shoveler, Gr.-wlng teal, a 
sandpiper there too. Walking back we find a Bonspfcrt gull nest, mode of 
Ursnea lichen, 3 eggs, IB' up leaning black spruce end I collect it and eggs. 
Also semi pslmsted plover nest of 4e both par. put on C»r. wing set, one at 
4' distance. Rusty blackbird seen and on way home we accidentally kill 
9 myrtle warbler with car. I blow eggs and we eat stuff we'd ricked up at 
