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Maclean
1968
Calioris bairdii
2 June
the first sighting at Barrow: Saw 2
♂♀ chasing each other about behind
Browerville. the tundra there was only
slightly exposed - a few islands of high-
center polygons. Watched the birds do a
little feed up there.
4 June
Saw 1 bira on small exposed mounds
near aacs.
5 June
at least 1 pair was by the west
end of trapline IX.
7 June
Still there, but not many others.
9 June
Ditto.
11 June
there has definitely been a major
influx. Birds are quite noisy over raised areas.
I am again impressed that Bairdii can
entertain themselves on much smaller
patches of exposed ground than the other
Calioritines. Interesting - this, one would think,
would enable them to arrive early, yet they
arrive late. Perhaps both points - late
arrival and association with small patches of
exposed ground - relate to exclusion by
other birds. the matter of territory utilization,
both within and between the species, remains
to be worked out.
13 June
Again - many birds heard displaying, but
spread over the whole area, not in
aggregations as often appears. Not much in