Alaska species accounts, v4430
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Machzen 1968 Tryngites subruficollis 26 May Saw 1 lone bird, then 1 in a mixed flock with 2 pectards and 2 bairds, then a flock of 5 near 2 bairds - all on dry, upland ridge tundra. The group of 5 was on very dry, sparsely vegetated tundra in a high saddle. Saw these very close. 28 May Several sightings again today. I saw a lone bird, then a group of 3, then 2. One of the 2 was waving its wing at the other approx. 1 m. away. Not an intensive display. The ptarmigan counters saw at least 2 in the Porcupine Dome area. June [illegible] 15 August the first sighting of the year at Barrow: a lone bird sleeping on highest part of Bideh Ridge, just east of the crossing.