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Calcaeus hypoxicus -7
16 June Meade River Coal Mine, 15°025'W, 70°24'N, Alaska
Very little in evidence during the afternoon. Found
a nest with 5 eggs on the SW side of a burrow
under a willow or a polygon trough margin. The
next on the census plot had 6 eggs, and this & here
was the only one I saw the entire census period,
except the 2 between Phil's transect and the 1/4 stake,
as last time, and couldn't find 1/2 the 5s that were
here before.
17 June Found a 5 egg nest on a high polygon ridge
under a willow to of the village. L.H.L. activity.
18 June Found two 5 egg nests on the village flats.
Both on polygon troughs under Eriophorum tufts,
one under willow, one not. Both nests used
feather weed. Several other 5s seen here.
19 June The 2 still incubating, and gives a distraction
display when I approach. One other I seen on the
plot and only a few males. Essentially no song
any longer. Yesterday saw group of 35's in the
village fleets and today saw 28's, prob. both non-
breeding, near the census plot, together. I now
suspect few birds actually nesting on the plot, but
why?
20 June A small group of birds by the village bent the large
assemblage of 3s are gone. Found a 5 and a 4
egg nest near the far end of Pitelka's Trough at
Lake Ikkamaknak, with wide Eriophorum tufts
on polygon troughs (near the top). Little song.