P. DeBenedict, 1966 Journal - 33 10 June. Moose Lake River Cool Mine, 177°25'W, 70°29'N. Alaska. In the afternoon I went to check for shorebirds and some willow areas S of camp. Few shorebirds there. a f Tundra Swan on the census plot. flushed a BANDED & Wagtail carrying ptarmigan feathers - I'll have to get her! Few shorebirds here but now Red Phalaropes beginning to appear on the pools. lots of Eiders going by, most spectacled, and Oldsquaws in the river. Loons everywhere. Only Red-thro. Check. The River was dammed above us, and it went out breaking one of the lower dams - now solid ice exit in pool! Few shorebirds - a couple of's Golden plovers in the high areas and a few dunlins, peletons and Semipales in the low areas. After I got back I was taking pictures and jumped a longspur wild grow in the field. Kaler saw another the same way. Then the local Wagtail sat up and found an unlined nest 15-20 fols from the kitchen, which will be easy to watch. Cleared up and almost pleasant much of the P.M. from this look of its air stop I will be here for some time yet. Went out from 9 to 11:30 to try and get the wagtail. No success. Clear and calm, but little bird activity. Probably 33% of wagtails to the South Creek area. Essentially no migration shore birds and the river, now 20' above the winter level is ice covered. Oldsquaws and 4 Red-thrs. Loons on clear water in south creek and a little