P. DeBenedictis 1966 Formed - 86 12 June Nlede River Coal Mine, 153°25'W, 70°24'N, Alaska for a change - the longspurs co-operated fairly well and sang. Pretty well figured out what was going on until a extra 4 showed up with nest materials and flew to their tree. 4% of Semipals in the area, prob. 25's of [illegible] and partly of 2's of golden plovers. The molives shed the 3 Pterniguan off the plot. lots of Semipal song and saw one figed. No evidence of nesting. and probably few of [illegible] yet. A few losses going over but no migration. Wayte's carrying Pterniguan females by this cool wind and saw a ? Whiter-ee. or Savannah Sparrow with the same. Saw a White Crow bird for sure. Pterniguan are going to be hard to get here now. damn! The big lake Wytts CO2 Wannigan now called Lake Agassiz. 13 June Got up early and went off by 8:30 for a change. A nice day and the snow is essentially gone. I tried for collecting without complete success. I crossed village creek at an ice bridge at its mouth and walked N rapidly to the far side of the village dunes. A couple of Semipals on the dunes, and the usual assortment plus a 3 Western at the village. No land birds. A 3 golden and Black belly plover at the far end of the dunes; some Semipal and Dowitcher singing and feeding a little from the shore of Ikimakak Lake. From the dunes, I cut inland through the small pond, Esophagus tissotii area, where the birds were about a half mile apart.