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Colidés parilles
8 July. Meacle River Coal Mine, 157°25'40"W, 70°29'11"N. Alloch
Census plot; where they were mostly on the
Eriophorum-covered dyke between Cane pools.
9 July There were two cold eggs in the last remaining
Semi-pal nest on the census plot, and an adult
Scolding from just outside the plot. A wader in
the Cane pool area hear here and 3 in the
dry Eriophorum, probably from the 2.5 nest,
were the only birds seen; gone from the area
by 1.1 mackerel to Phil's transect.
10 July A pair giving clear notes in the dryer
Eriophorum-Poa association near the village
11 July The story near where Agassiz remains undamaged
except that it's been somewhat cleared.
Here birds were towards Phil's transect and
here the habitat distinction is not so sharp,
though Eriophorum predominated in the area,
where I fished wider - dryer (not saturated
Sphagnum) soil. Didn't find only chicks
Saw only 3 or 4 birds on the Eriophorum flat,
and bills feeding. Semi-pals seem to have less
mosquito trouble than Phaenigrae and
Longspurs, rarely scratch and don't ever seem to
get "insect covered". Semi-pals were also noted
in the Cane-Eriophorum "ecotone" near the
South Ridge and by the Cane pool as well,
but not much attention paid to this due
to rain and insects; about 10 birds seen here.