Alaska species accounts, v4430
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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