Maker 1959 Anas acuta May 22 Pintail - Seen frequently since we've been here. Groups of 2 & up to 17 or 20. Predominantly males. Few pairs of male + female seen. May 23 Continue to be abundant. Flock of 12-15 seen occasionally this day. Also smaller groups + pairs. Some of these may be the same flocks moving up & down the river by camp. They are still however the commonest duck seen May 25 Few pairs seen on tundra. They seem well spread out. May 26 Still ubiquitous for a duck. Noted a flock of 6. Several pairs were seen in the delta & about on the tundra - a total of perhaps 6 . May 27 Still common. Saw a fantastic performance this afternoon. A female + 2 males flew one beat. The female was issuing duck bleats + grunts. Quack Quack - Quack Quack - etc. One male was flying close to her. The other we company - he flew along & arcing from side to side with the male a foot or 2 from her matching every swing. As they flew along other males kept flying straight up from the tundra so that in the 1/4-1/2 mile from her passage over me 5 other males had joined