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Phalaropus fulicarius
8 July Weelee River Coal Mine, (157°25'W, 70°29'N), Alaska
at least one bird acted like it had clish along,
a sphagnum dyke with 70% Carry cover area; the
dyke was mainly stone sides and open water with
wides. The 8 gave a run-through the gain as-
just-as-possible type performance. I saw 6 Tukey
on the census plot but wouldn't sit on clicks. Not
identified.
9 July None on the census plot now.
11 July Phalaropus appear to be less common now than
earlier, but still 3-4's in the Smeedleat (illegible)
census plot, where they spend most of the time in the
Carry marsh areas. One of came out and landed
in the Connicalaire, but didn't feed. Saw none
in the small pools upland from the Cake Tower
Sneel ridge, and none on the census plot.
In the evening still in the lake and acting like
they have clicks.
13 July There are evidently more at Lake Agassiz than I
thought, for when a gander went over, at least a
dozan birds got up and flew along with it,
chattering excitedly. All of them appeared to be
decel plumaged birds. Birds were noted on
the ground mostly in areas with standing
water and much Carry, but a few (3 or 4)
were out in Carry - Eriophyllum where the
sphagnum beneath was saturated or with 1+
inches of water. None on the census plot.