JPMyers 1975 Journal Transsects 1,3,5 1 August respond to me until I get within a more reasonable distance (~25m) than that at which they were breaking out when with broods (>100m). Perhaps it will be possible to take micro-habitat preference data on them soon. Flight to Barker Island 2 August After a long morning of waiting POCannon + I took off in Ru twin Otter at noon for Deadhorse (frear Prudhoe Bay) and Barker Island. We were up for 40 miles in order to see countline. As such, we had no control over ground time, t were therefore able to so very little (see trip list). Flight was ~ 3½ hrs going, including 40 min on ground in Deadhorse, and 2 hrs returning (tail wind) direct from Barker Island (20 min on ground in Barker). We & were not able to see very much from the plane because of bad weather + basically uncooperative pilot. At Prudhoe I found a flock of ~30 juvenile [illegible] behaving territorially (so up accent). The runway at Barker is situated on a gravel spit and almost a mile from any tundra; we were thus unable to prove good shorebird habitat during the brief ground time there. Saw one polar bear with cub on ice between Deadhorse and Barker. Grids 2+3 3 August totals ad 2 3 2 alpina juv 4 0 1 melanotos g 0 11 0 jov 2 Gaidiu ad 1 0 juv 2 Ph. fulicarius g 12 0 1 juv 2 Fluvialis d. 7 0 Bryan canvassing GRID 3 at 0715; finished #2 ~ 1300. These areas are remarkably poor to census now with reduced (birds and bird activity). The Weather this morning was characterized by a fifth layer of clouds covering ~95% of sky, a light to moderate (increasing) easterly wind, and air temperature on the order of 38°F. Conditions on both grids appear to be similar to what they were during the last census: alpina w/ juveniles moving in the high polygon areas w/ Phuvialis.