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Maker
1959
Calcarus lapponicus
May 22 Patwegen River. Whaquutauo as usual.
Males displaying when we arrived.
Saw 2 copulate this morning. Both had
same pattern, O chased & in very
close zig zag flight. She landed & they
copulated. She was a precopulatory
display on the DIO part which I didn't
see distinctly except to note that his
mouth was open & he held unmoved,
wraps partly opened & fluttered same.
In both instance a second male came
over and attempted to horn in.
May 23 All over - usually noted paired today.
Much aerial displaying
May 25 Whaquutauo as usual, males singing & displaying
all over. Saw female with meeting
material. One from trapped had very large
ova.
May 26 Whaquutauo
May 27 " Tried to chase one pair off.
its territory today. Couldn't. They will
push so far - a hundred feet or so &
then doubled back. The adjacent male
gave a wing display & what I presume was
Territory boundary & they flew back
past me.
May 31 Barrow. - A few of these have arrived at
Barrow. Occasional pairs were seen on a