Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 2, v4425
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Motacilla flava 9 July Meade River Coal Mine, (57°25'40", 78°28'N), Dawn before I took off feeding. They had water there foraging within 30 metres of the nest. Flushed one young from along the creek: Zita. Evidently the birds near the spot where Lake Agassiz empties were a separate pair. 10 July Sh/1 scolding near camp and by the village. Young in the nest yet. 11 July When I went by the coal mine, 2 adults and a young got up. There were young got up and eventually 2 adults + 5 young were flying overhead and scolding before wood. They are wide spread. Their young usually fresh from wet areas, and are noticeably stubby tailed. The yard by camp still going actively, the parents scolding all aways. They seem to become more and more j.they as incubation progresses. There are at least 6 young in the nest (7 hatched). Skinned one more. Both parents fed. 12 July Sh/1 feeding young in the nest by camp. When I looked in the evening, the adults were off + the young huddled up together, this back to the outside of the creek. Both parents back 13 July Still feeding young by camp by 9:30. When I got back about 12:30 the young were gone (one egg in the nest) and there was no sign of any of the birds. Still 3-4 young by the coal mine.