P. DeBenedictis 1966 Journal -29 F. June Meade River Coal Mine, 15°02'5"W, 70°29'N, Alaska Got up ble. A Wran plane taking people into the village wired out morning - we are mail happy. In this afternoon went out by the crews plot but didn't really accomplish much. Something is getting to me! Don't feel like doing anything. Must be the slow season. Anyway, the 4 ptarmigans are finishing the molt and are very inconspicuous now. Ptarmigan kills are wide spread. In the afternoon little activity of any sort - wind and a bluster prevalent overcast. Few shorebirds evident - mostly dunlin and semipalo - a few geese. Only 1 golden plover seen, beyond the crews plot and also a ♀ Black-belly. Longspurs quiet. An Arctic and a Yellow-billed Loon flew over and then was an Arctic and a ♀ Red-throated in the river upstream of the ice floes, with a ♀ King Eider and 2 Oldsquaws. Small group of the latter seen in flight. Came in, flushing a dunlin that almost certainly came off a nest, about 5, tried. After dinner, I noticed a strange bird out the windows, which appeared to be a Baitail'd godwit. It flew off to the village and disappeared. I chased after it to the far end of the village flats and back behind the village without luck. At least I know what bank there is. Near the village the snow is covered with springtails (collembolans) which are eaten by longspurs and Semipalinald