R. De Benedetti 1966 Journal 9 July Miracle River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°37'N, Alaska Scattered all over the plot (and no juveniles seem to be about). Only the 3-egg nest is still active. There don't seem to be many active longspurs on the plot. The Plover nest st.t1/ watchful (COAM) and the 7 on, giving a good distraction display. A & just coming bag and calling. A pair of Semipals and a Columbin apparently with chicks were in the wet Eriophorum flats W of the Cannibalina area, and a 4 pectoral was feeding in the Carr pool here. The only other Semipal seen were in the Carr pool area (1) and by the nest of 5,5 in the Eriophorum; this nest produced only 2 young. The long tail Seeger near the plot again. A 7 pectoral was alarmed near the 5,2 nest and here I found 1 chick, which I collected. The 4 only occasionally gave distraction display; she frequently came very close to me while calls a "wik wik" call and often feeds. Most of these activities the chicks were in an pool filled with Sphagnum and violently grown over by Eriophorum. In the afternoon I went over to the village and its village feats to see what was there, taking advantage of the lack of mosquitoes. There was only a pair of Semipals acting alarmed. Saw 1/2 fledgling Wagtail by Coal Mine and another along this creek, and a