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Gilman PECTORAL SANDPIPER D
1931 Angata, Point Hope, Alaska. Arctic Ocean
Aug.9 First seen today around the
small ponds or sloughs nearby.
Aug.11 Very many about wet places
on gravelly section of the peninsula.
Migration seems to be at its height.
They have a short querulous lisping
whistle which they utter softly as
they fly about their feeding grounds.
August 14 Still a great many present. Tremendous
August 22 Still present in considerable.
The following are the strange antics of
three birds. When first noticed by their
peculiar low whistle they were about
a damp spot on gravelly section of
point peninsula. When flushed they
flew rapidly up into the air until
they became mere specks, uttering
the whistling note as long as I came
near them. Then they flew back
down with a terrific burst of speed
I now there were only two. They
about original spot again until one
was shot.