P. DeBenedictis 1966 Journal 26 June Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 20°29'N, Alaska through I'll miss the wagtail. Found a longspur nest with 2-3 day old ground and one other nest had two young. One longspur and one phalacrocorax nested. There is a pair of longspurs by the one stake, probably not nesting now, and one by it. 5,5 states that I can't find a nest for, though I watched the 9 disappear. An Avro Ten fishing on pools again and 1 Pertral still here. Only saw one f. Two+ dunlin on the plot as usual, and the semipals that were along the riv seem to be off the plot, to the N. now. 8 longspurs are impossible and are noted only when with 9s. In the evening, got back for about an hour, but didn't get anything done. Found a Savannah sparrow nest on the way over. Polygonum bistorta in flower. When I came back I got an alarm note from a golden plover by the CO2 warning wire and a pertral and 1 semipal come in and scolded. A longspur egg shell was here. Saw much Semipal churing and song - a 2nd burst of activity or nesting? It was like this at Baurus last year about this time also. Came in and went to bed. I am tired!! 27 June I was four minutes too tired. After getting set up for a day's activities, I wrote notes until Ray came over, getting caught up again. Clear with scattered high clouds and little wind, warm. I went directly across the river to the flood plain but didn't find this area very active. There were