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Introduced Arctic foxes were eliminated from Nizki and Alaid islands in the late 1970s. Due to the unavailability of a support vessel, mainland reared Aleutian Canada geese were transplanted from an aircraft at nearby Shemya Air Force Base to Camp Cove at Nizki by inflatable boats on 15 August 1981. Only three geese from the 1981 release at Nizki Island were found in 1983. Those three birds were among the birds found on the island in May 1982. Although one of the birds was an apparent loner, birds 728 and 734 were found together with other birds until 28 May when 728 and A92 from the 1982 BuldirAgattu transplant were found alone together at Camp Cove for the first time. They remained together until our departure from Nizki at 1700 on 3 June 1983. There were no observations of nesting activity during the investigations.