Alaska field notes, v4434
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Malo, 1959 Calcarina lappanera 3 horn tich on the timber. They are hanging about the beach ridge, the scrape, & the bare polygons at S. end of central marsh. Didn't keep track of them but might have seen 20 pairs on the trip. They tended to be widely scattered + in pairs June 3 Still a few scattered and one bare area on timber. I saw 2 males displaying on the wing. One group of 3 males, & a lot of pairs. Widely scattered. June 13 Betimisea. Nest- 4 egg - one chick - mated down only partly day + fluffed. 4 egg not pipping. Males still singing & displaying. June 14 Nest with 6 newly hatched, i.e. 1 day old chicks. Nest w: 5 young, 1 day old Nest w: 4 eggs. Nest w: 5 young, 1 day old Nest w: 2 eggs, 4 young *(female) Nest w: 2 egg, 3 young - one w down not yet fluffed. Others fluffed out. June 15 Nest w 6 egg - ridge above camp. P. of red stike - twaod area - nest tucked under twaod edge. * Swade Nest (above) 1:45 PM 3 chicks, 2 eggs 7:00 PM same (not hatched on June 17) June 17 Swade Nest w 6 chicks, Swade Nest w 5 eggs,