Beaver 1967 Alaska Journal 5 14 June 10:20 At the Polgers with real high centers, we found a longspur nest with six eggs that Dr. Steller had found earlier (See pp account). A red-looked Sandpiper was also observed giving a distraction display, so we backed off until she returned to the nest. Then we went to the nest which had 3 very large eggs (in relation to the size of the birds body) that were dark in color (see pp account). 11:30 Returned to camp. 12:50 Spent the remainder of the day gathering equipment for the start of my project on the diptera larvae and the like. 5 16 June 0800 K. Tolonen and I went out into the barrel area, & to get some tundra samples for diptera larvae and Karl to observe shore birds. I had to get a shovel to cut sections of tundra some were delayed in leaving about 20 minutes. 09:15 Karl and I have been observing a pair(?) or possibly two males of (See species account) the Semi-palmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla. We watched the birds for several minutes before moving on south. The weather today is cloudy & rather chilly. The rain last night (told me by Karl and