Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 1, v4424
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Phalaropus fulicarius 23 June Weacle River Cool Mire. 15°20'25"W, 70°29'41"N, Alaska Several 4's or Cake Agassiz. One 4 seen trying to drive a 4 away. When he flew after her, she would take off head and tail down and the wing noise was very loud - when she took off the back feathers were strongly shuffled. A group of 4's seen together out in the centre of the lake, and several 4's are still associated in this region. Found one nest with 4 eggs in the marshy area between the two lakes. 25 June Very inconspicuous and no groups, though 2 lone birds were seen associating with flocks of Northern Phalaropes. A 4 collected was very excited and kept jumping up out of a pond settling the already cell rapidly. The flight was fluttering and its legs damaged. A 4 4 4 was feeding along the edge of the pool, and after it left, the 14 4 quieted down. The 4 collected was alive, and appeared to have completed a clutch but looked like she may have been ready to go again. 2 follicles definite, but 2-3 days old, and several regressed over a very old follicle. The oviduct probably not now functional. 26 June One nest on the plot robbed, but a 4 still in the area. No 4's seen. A few lone birds flying down. 27 June A couple of 4's in the plots across the weir, from corner, feeding along the edge of the large