P. DeBenedictis 1966 Journal - 14 31 May Alcade River Coal Mine, 157°25' W, 78°29' N, Alaska 30 Oldsquaw, 1 Short-eared Owl, and many gulls and Glauconous Gulls. I hit the Blue Gull (not sure) I shot didn't seem to do much to it. The Wagtail act like they will breed locally, and finally heard Semipal, and Dunlin song, out on the snow covered tundra grass. All the shorebirds are feeding in exposed bare patches which are about 1/4 grass cover, 1/2 to 3/5 Dryas - Cassiope-Vaccinium-Cerastium covered area, a loyed of down moss and lichen, with patches of sand. The ground is frozen but there are flies all on the surface now. It's really nice to be out. Ray said be saw Snow Geese. Went out to redo the census plot from 2 to 5 PM and to see what, if anything was there. Got thoroughly sunburned. A Pectoral Sandpiper passed through camp about 1 PM and Yellow Wagtail were making noise there and then. There were 2 Dunlin, 2 Plovers, and a Turnstone near the closest stake and other plovers occasionally came by. At least 2 Parasitic Jaegers were about and I saw Semipal Sandpipers and Dowitchers flying about. Not a lot of longspur activity. About 4:30 a flake of 250-50 Black Brant flew over and a small kettle, 5 Snow Geese with two White-fronts went by. One pintail circling about and a White-crowned Sparrow walked its way down here. Not much shorebird song