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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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CHILD
1951
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Tringa solitarius
July 20 Point Barrow, Alaska
One, foraging in the grass-lined pools
behind the lab, flew up at 1300. It
was still in the area at 1600.
July 21 I was able to collect this bird with the .38
pistol as I ran the bird trap line. It
flew up and landed in a puddle behind
a pile of panels so that I could approach
it closely. Even then it was a long shot
for a .38. This bird was very wary.