Alaska species accounts, v4430
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Maclean 1967 Tryngites subruficollis 2. 19 June in Micro Mer Marsh ca. 200 m. WNW of the above. Probably these relate to the directionality of the display of the O above. Later failed to find any on the bluffs and high area between Barrow and Nunivue Slough. 20 June Saw 1 bird Displaying from the road to Barrow, just W. of the Navy communications wagon. 21 June Saw none on P's census plot. On Gasoline Ridge (ca. 2200) found the peg-leg O7 from Micro-Mer (8 19 June) feeding there, but apparently unsettled. No others in the area. 22 June Spent most of the evening photographing a O7 in the Drum area. This was the "central O7" of FAP's notes. Display was limited to a small area but occasionally it made wide flights over large areas to the West and SE, but always returned after a few minutes. Display involved much wing waving - Directed toward other birds when they were in sight, and twice conspicuously Directed toward me. Also gave 4 display accompanied by tick-tick... note. got good (I hope) pictures of this force and a lot, as