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May 28, 1938 cont
easement project.  The cabin is neat but small as is garage.  Sits on a nice point overlooking the lake.  This had a big population of [[underline]] Scaup, redheads, canvasback and Ruddy ducks. [[\underline]]  Also saw one [[underline]] Bufflehead [[\underline]] and number of [[underline]] puddle ducks. [[\underline]]  The wind was blowing a gale & couldn't see as well as we might have.  All three projects had a huge population of [[underline]] black terns [[\underline]] skimming their surface.  Saw also three [[underline]] sanderlings [[\underline]] on the big dam at Lake Ilo.  Then into Bismark[[sic]] for the night.

May 29, 1938.
Left Bismarck at 8.30 to Long Lake.  This is a beautiful area and fairly populated with ducks.  Saw the brood of [[underline]] young pintails, [[\underline]] great numbers of [[underline]] Blue winged teal, mallards, pintails, gadwall [[\underline]] and a nice population of [[underline]] scaup, redheads, canvasback, buddies [[\underline]] etc.  Also saw one pair [[underline]] green winged teal. [[\underline]]  Lots of [[underline]] black terns, Franklin Gulls, [[\underline]] and some [[underline]] Forsters terns. [[\underline]]  Great flocks of [[underline]] small shore birds. [[\underline]]  This is an outstanding area and I only wish it were possible to restore the entire 17000 acres of this old lake bottom.  Test well for artesian water just going down & don't know what the possibilities are.  Met Ray Back who seems to be an enthusiastic sort of lad.
Back to Bismark to a lovely dinner at Steens and then started north.  Burnie and I stopped to see Lake Yanktonay

Transcription Notes:
Lake Yanktonay should be Lake Yanktonai