R.D. Hamilton 1965 Journal Borrow Alaska July 17 poked through the clouds. The temperature was about 90° and the wind was from the th. NW at about 5 MPH. In the afternoon Steve and I walked through the Borrel Area checking nests and photographing them. We walked along the W side of North Menden Lake and then returned. Nothing unusual was seen. A flock of 23 Gold, Plume were observed along the W side of North Menden Lake. I was struck in the head by a jigger for the first time. Shorebirds are now extremely difficult to find except at the nest and feeding observations are almost impossible to make. July 18 The entire day was rainy so I made no attempt to go out into the field. The wind is still from NW. July 19 The morning was rainy with the wind from NW at about 10 MPH. The afternoon was cloudy so Paul and I went to put out lines I & II. The wind overhauled and we could not proceed to Gasline Ridge. We looked at the nests in Micromit marsh. A flock of 5 Black-billed Plovers flew over. The behavior of a pair of Semipalmated Sandpipers was strange and we supposed they had young out of the nest. A Long-tailed Jaeger was seen flying over Borrel Ridge. We then crossed the Wood Brook. The pack ice has been blown back into shore and is moving rapidly, being pushed by 20 knot wind.