Lehner, P. 1964 70 Sept. 26 up at 6:30 A.M. to run guywire census; saw the same Sandpiper about 7:30 A.M. and thought I might get close enough to net him; I rolled around on my hands and bare knees through coral rocks, Tribulus "puncture pods" and that bird made a real ass out of me; he had the most uncanny sense to stay just out of reach and still casually pick up small insects while he was at it; I missed the 8:00 guywire count in an effort to catch him but gave up in time to make the 9:00 count; by this time I was so frustrated I went to the barracks got the shotgun, returned and put an end to his sneaky maneuvers; while trying to catch him I lost the lens cap off my camera and a pair of scissors; I later found the scissors; between hourly counts I took pictures with the 350mm telephoto; once again a bird made an ass out of me by outmaneuvering me and my camera - I would rush up the beach out of sight of this feeding wandering Tattler, set up my camera and wait; he'd come hot footing it up the beach so fast, and swerving so much that I was virtually helpless to attempt pictures of him with the tripod; that afternoon while Cam had the census - I used the '700 mm with gunstock* and got the pictures the birds had stubbornly refused me earlier.