Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4221
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Holmes, R. 1960 'Errolia' melandos 23 June Ikravik, Alaska A flock of 78? was seen today. It remained within sight of the waniga for about 30 minutes. During this time they were chased continually by a settled ?. He would start out by chasing the entire flock, but would usually end up by chasing a particular individual or 2 birds. Occasionally the grouse would move with a second ?'s territory, in which case they would be chased by this ?. The chase consisted of the birds flying back and forth with the tender ? (sometimes others) giving the gurgling aggressive note. The booming ? occasionally would give his footing display for 5-7 seconds, but these were interrupted since he was busy in pursuit. The flock finally moved west, still being chased by one ?'s territory. Five other birds with similar consequence were seen along the plot of a flight south across the point.