Journal - 25 5 June Made River Coal Mine . 157°02'N, 70°24'W, Alaska It was lovely !! A ground fog came up about midnight and as the sun was at its lowest there was a flying solar halo and I saw loop the opposite way. The generator quit so you could hear what was going on! The Plovers started off first, then a little quail noise and cluckers. Semipals, and pecktail started off more or less simultaneously and kept up for about 1/2 hrs., longspurs active but not singing, a lot after 2, and the white-crowned going off and on. A snow bunting singing from the mine shaft was very audible. A group of 10+ Oldsquaw came over going east and several pairs and a group of 4-5 were seen later. Sabine gulls started flying over in small groups from 4 PM on and 1 Yellow-billed horn and a pair of Scamp went over. A nelpoll went by several times and once landed quite close to me. I walked at the censu plot until about 2 and then walked along the south ridge until about 3. The ridge was good walking and very interesting botanically but poor for birds. Black-billed plates sang overhead and a few Semipals were about. There was with evidence of any cranes except [illegible] with wet stuff off the ridge. Lots of longspurs. I went back to the census plot about 4 and checked it until 5. Phalaropes of both genders going over and one small group of pecktail on the ground. Not much golden plover activity. A little doing on the census plot, which was finally