Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4404
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T. Code 1959 Sayornis saya 6 June cant Lee Meadow on Carnivore Creek. Then it took off and flew a fluttering and gliding display flight all around the meadow hewing "phoebe." It landed on a rock at the edge of the meadow, then flew to a small ledge in a cedars and seemed to settle on a nest. There it sat for about 5-28 seconds and uttered a peculiar whistle- like call. Then it went out on top of the rock going "phoebe" again. No other bird seemed to be in the area. I investigated the cedars - on little ledge 10 ft above meadow in a wedge shaped rock under over hanging rock thus was an old nest made of dry compacted moss and feathers with some sheep hair and few pigeon feathers woven into their matwell. No lining to the cap which had inside diameter of 4-5 inches. 7 June Peters-Schwade - one was seen flying around the rocky wall at the SW end by Peters, attacked several times by more brentings.