Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 1, v4424
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P. De Benedick's 1965 Pluvialis dominica 2 July Barrow Alaska. The nest by line 3B was being incubated by the 4 and when she got up and began to scold a 2nd bird also appeared and scolded me. One other pair heard but no flocks seen. 9 July no groups around VOTH though but 4-6 birds were along the road from the Voth area to Footprint; one of these birds was very mottled ventrally, and they were not very vocal. 10 July a flock of about 12 seen near the OSC + GS shack N of the Beaula Ridge and 1 or 2 similar sized group were along the E. side of Central Marsh. The birds were very quiet. 11 July No groups which gave the impression of being paired and territorial were seen in the 1/Kroakia region but 3-4 flocks of 8-6 birds were seen, all in flight. One group was with dowitchers. 13 July The nest along line 3B was empty and no bird were seen in the area. A flock of 17+ were seen in the VOTH area in the evening of July 12; they were silent, but their wings are noisy when they fly, 14 July an obviously nesting pair on Gasline Ridge 80 feet on a 2; nest with 4 eggs found by Hamilton 15 July A group of about 8 on the polygonized area where the weasel road crosses the Beaula ridge, N of the ridge. 16 July The nest along Elson bayorn still OK and attended by a single bird. One heard near the Cull shack. 20 July A pair just west of the S end of line 3 on bluff below gasline ridge acted suspiciously and McLean pond