Lagopus lagopus 1 July Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska found a nest with 12 eggs on the willow flats. The 9 flushed at 4-5 feet and ran off into the willows by the river and hid. The 8 came up but stayed fairly far away from me. The 8's here are starting to get brown backs now. 4 July The 9 still on the nest by the census plot. When I first flushed her, she gave a fierce threat display, the tail cocked and fanned and the wings partly opened and dropped, the bird hissing at me. She came in front of me crouched to the ground just far enough away that I couldn't catch her and fled over 50/100 meters away. 5 July Saw 2-3 8's, all alone, along the river in the willows, opposite North dunes. All very brown on the back, and no "sang" weed. In the evening saw one with white on the back and still singing from a prominent perch on the river bank, or is it no longer the case near camp. Art McKee said he saw a 9 with at least 8 chicks (?flushed from a nest), and that the 8 was still present but wouldn't come as close to him as the 9. 6 July The 9 by the census plot still incubating. When I got near she gave a brief but poor distraction display. When I tried back off, the crows would jump up and fly at me and Art's head. She hissed