Beaver 1967 Species account Buff Breasted Sandpiper 27 Tue 1615 Panel area, 1/2 mi S. of ARK camp. Steve Mackern and I were returning from a walk to the S. end of Nancy Bucket Lagoon via Beach ridge when we sighted a Buff. Breasted Sandpiper in what Steve called an aerial display. Two birds presumably males were fluttering side by side with the yellow-orange legs dangling. They flattered upward to about 75 to 100 feet and then both flew rapidly down to the ground. Then, as these two birds lite, another one appeared and a series of wing flashes, always directed at one or the other Buff Breasts occurred. The birds chased one another across a fairly large area - 180 yds. or so square - while continuing to do the aerial display and also a pecking, fluttering, fighting like behavior occurred between the birds when on the ground. One bird came near us and began feeding. When any other Buff Breast flew by, this bird would flash its wing toward it, something so vigorously the the bird appeared to nearly fall over. This bird also gave a series of short fluttering hops into the air. It gave what Steve called an "H" display where both wings were spread and curved forward, the chest feathers suffled out, and the tail turned up sharply - 90 to the body. It gave a "chick or chick" call while