Alaska species accounts, part 1, v4220
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Holmes,R 1959 6 July Barrow, Alaska Eremneter pseudeus smewler. The female performed a disruptive display which was very similar to the earlier. The Tail was dropped all spread, The back feathers raised, but The wings were not dropping. It uttered a call which was not the wheezy band-like call, but a thin note which varied a pitch. It was given for several seconds at a time. She was highly disturbed and followed me for about a hundred yards before she started back towards the nest. The aerial display was heard 2 or 3 times near the pool and 1 the drum area. 8 July Barrow, Alaska The nest was checked at 1930. The eggs had hatched and the young, all mottled gray, white and black, were present at the next site. The adults became very excited and approached and flew around, bordering a few feet away, giving the alarm note.