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Motacilla flava
30 June Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°24'N, Alaska
The pair by camp still with eggs. The pair by
the coal mine very fitly now and whenever
I get near them they get up and scold.
2 July The nest near camp has produced young, but can't
tell how many. Probably hatched yesterday.
3 July The pair by the coal mine still actively up
through. They don't give much indication of next
location.
4 July No change. There is still a bird by the census plot
and the pair by South Creek are even more active than
the pair by the coal mine, flying over head and
scolding constantly.
5 July One pair on cliff top opposite north bluff, evidently
based on the far side of the mine. A pair by the
bluff opposite South Creek.
6 July Chit gangs in the nest by camp. There was
one bird by the census plot that went out to
the 3,3 post. No song singing. The pair by the
coal mine scolds as before.
7 July One pair on the dunes opposite South Creek.
9 July Two fledglings jumped from the disturbed
area by the coal mine. The adults were
challenging from a long distance away and
are becoming a nuisance. The solar
bird by camp coming along, and most of
the eggs appear to have hatched. The adults
scold more violently now than they did