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Maclean
1967
Limnodromus scolopaceus
[20 August] from a flock of 6 - 8/1831.
21 August
In the morning - a flock of ca. 8
encountered by traplines IV A-B. Others
heard and seen flying in the afternoon.
In the afternoon - collected a ♂ and
a ♀ from a flock of 15 birds in a pool
S. of Smith puk. Nearly identical in weight -
both light for - but ♀ has much longer
bill.
Others seen in Holmes' Marsh -
flock of 20 feeding in and by a pool -
and in Central Marsh, the majority of
birds are in pools away from the
marsh.
22 August
Birds were very dense around ponds
near traplines III A-B. Took a pile of feeding
observations and collected 1 bird - 8/1838.
Birds were in flocks of up to ca. 18; after
red-backs, the most common species.