R.J.Raitt 1956 21 Journal Cottonwood Creek, 5800 +/- ft., Elko Co., Nevada June 10 the morning but was warm the rest of the day, even in the evening. Some clouds were scattered over the area in the afternoon. Rough-winged and Barn swallows flew over during the day. In the afternoon I found the other bat I shot the night before and I kept the skull only. June 11 Arose to a beautiful morning. After breakfast we all drove down to the meadow to study the Wilson Phalaropes. After several hours of searching we finally found a nest which consisted of four eggs resting on a nest about 3" in diameter and 2 1/2 inch thick made out of dried grass or sedge. The nest was in a clump of sedge. The ground was damp as was the bottom outside of the nest. The location was about 20 - 40 feet from a fairly broad (1yd) ditch carrying clear running water. The male sneaked off after we had walked past and were several yards away. Subsequently he returned and flushed when Dr. Miller was only six feet away. Later he flushed when we approached at about 20 feet. The time we flushed him at 20 feet he left the nest and gave a wounded bird act for about a minute prostrating himself on the grass wheezing and then flying