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Maclean
1967
C. pusillus
5 June
Heard one brief note above
Beach Ridge, but did not see any birds.
In the evening, found these frequent
in melt puddles along the beach. These
are frequently found along rivers, streams,
etc. Maybe they can't feed successfully
on the kind of dry tundra opening now,
and must stay by water until more tundra
opens. If so, attempts to characterize feeding
sites on tundra now are misleading.
Ponds in beach gravel may represent a
real feeding site.
8 June
Very abundant and active in the
Drum area - obviously early activity.
Much display and chasing - territorial
boundaries not yet established or
even hotly contested, but much chasing
about and ground pasturing.
9 June
Not a bird on W beach Ridge.
In the afternoon checked Drum area
again - activity greatly reduced. Encountered
4 well spaced pairs in strip behind
the lab - v. little display and no
interaction between the pairs. All of
these could have been laying. 07+8
remained v. close.
10 June
A.M.- heard 1 singing 07 near
shore of Family Lagoon - saw none near