Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4404
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J. Cade 1958 Phalavopus fulicarius 25 June Coal Mine-Meade River, Alaska Two nests, each with 4 eggs, were found near T728. One was in a wet polygon area about 5 feet from the edge of an inundated cutter. It was lined with dried sedges. Also there was a canopy of sedges growing up around and over the nest - as so - [illegible] - giving good concealment. The second was on moundy moss ground with good sedge cover right on the edge of a low cutter pond. It also had a canopy of sedge blades covering it - dried blades of last year's growth in both cases. A good number of other phalaropes were seen, and it is probably the commonest shorebird here as at Barrow, but it is not as abundant here as at Barrow in terms of absolute numbers. June Coal Mine-Meade River Another nest found in general area of T728 - this one held 3 eggs, was lined with lichens and was on moss- moundy ground with a good cover of Carex and Eriophorum - and was fully 15 feet away from the nearest water - a small pool about 2 sq yards in surface. It was covered by a canopy of sedges.