Alaska species accounts, part 1, v4220
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Holms, R. 1960 2 July Denovik, Alaska Nest #1 still had 3 eggs today. They are tan in color with black spots + small black splotches. Both birds were present at the nest. The & gave a very pronounced move run + became very excited. Even when I was sitting at the nest site taking pictures, she would stand 40 feet away + cock + run a few feet. The move run posture (head down, both feathers cup - tail lowered - giving her a hunched over appearance). The nest is located on the top of a low, high-center polygon among a patch of black moss. The cup is lined with grass + there is no other greenery. Cascade is fairly common around the nest (among the moss). Nest #2 is located in another small, high-center polygon. The nest is a cup or depression in the black green moss at the highest point of the polygon. The cup contains grass, but there is little other grass within 4-5" of the nest. It almost appears that this nest lining may have been gathered &