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- June 22 [1961]
Overcast, rain by p.m.
Hiked up the mountain behind camp
finding going harder than reported mainly
because we lost the trial. After 4 hrs [hours]
+ at the tree line we shot a hooter [grouse].
Also shot 2 [female symbol] hairy wood peckers. Clouds
closed in so we did some moss-lichen
collecting + slithered thru [through] the steep
soggy forest back to camp. Put Grouse 1400 grms. [grams]
in freezer. Now raining hard.
In the evening took off thru [through] the
drizzle to check traps. Found 1 [male symbol]
marten (532) in last trap, by smelly doe
gut bait. On other side of channel found
some otter runs + set 2 traps. Set 2
more marten traps.
June 23.
Rain all day.
Caught 1 more marten.
Three G.W. [Glaucous-winged] gull nests, each with 2 eggs
on small islet off Bigby [Bigbey] I [Island].
Skinned marten in afternoon.
Collected some marine inverts [invertebrates]
Camp warm + comfortable in such
dreary weather. Ken Polk regalling [regaling] us
with his Quebec goose hunting stories
June 24 [1961]
Poor Bob [Robert] Bateman gets married today. A minutes silence
A silver day: not much rain. Boat unavail-
able in morning. Had to wait until after
noon to check traps: pair of marten. This
old deer gut bait seems to work well: + Caught
1 sorex in the 85 traps on Gowing Is [Island].
Alex Smith, the Big Toronto boss
arrived so we made a dash to tidy up
the cabin + put the various bodies out of
sight. Set 90 traps near camp.
Skinned in evening. Rain all day.
June 25
Drizzle
No marten: 2 shrews + 12 mice in traps
Large mice; lousy, some without fur on side
Prepared specimens in p.m. [afternoon] + visited 2 islets
mile or so north of camp. Each with
glaucous-wing gull colonys [colonies] many eggs just
hatching or just hatched. At closer island
eggs: 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, hatched, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, hatched
oystercatcher c [with] 2 eggs. Far island: 2, 2 h [hatched] +1,
2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 + 1, 3, 2 h [hatched] + 1, 2 h [hatched] + 1, 3.
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