Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 1, v4424
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Pluvialis dominica 19 June Meade River Coal Mine, 15°25'W, 70°29'N, Alberca area near 1/6. The ? gave a weak distraction display when I approached the nest but didn't sit until I was 160 m. away. Saw several lone birds flying rapidly along the river early this in A.M. 20 June A pair by lake Itkunkuake on the lower arc around. 19 June A group of 4 birds on the bluffs on the far side of the Meade 2 mi. S of camp first appeared chasing a jaeger. Later, when I started after a climber, they all came in and scolded, but remained together without fighting, often 3 birds with nurse square gend. Stuck two, both with breast patches, the ? having laid a complete clutch. ? An early flake of non-breeding or post-breeding birds. 20 June A pair by lake Itkunkuake and the village dinner as usual. 21 June One or two lone birds flying rapidly south along the river. The ? was on the nest when I checked it and the ? not around. Both birds feeding in a marsh 200 m. S of it. A 2 ? pair in the area of the last row of the plot and to the south of it. When a pair of L-T. jaegers flew over the nest in the afternoon, the parent flew up and attacked the jaegers, successfully driving them away from the vicinity of the nest. 23 June One ? seen out in the centre of the SW part of lake Agassiz, feeding on a Sphagnum island. 25 June ? incubating the nest on its census plot in the afternoon. One near the CO2 warning sign saw an