JPHyres 1975 Journal Wainwright, North Slope, Alaska. 20 August (Cont'd) be a major slough (actually now an isolated arm of the entry) which parallels the coast as the Kik breaks off inland. [the 'river' - estuary - here is under 1/2 mile wide + devoid of birds]. En route we also occurred totals alpina a 69 j 4 mauri j 13 alba 1 Phalacrocorax f. 2 a upland transect perpendicular from unit II: no shorebirds actually present within the vicinity, but [illegible] be ridge previously described - in fact it is part of the same ridge several C.alpina, melanotus, Luminosus sc. and Phalacrus s. made their presence known. By contrast To the main estuary, the slough's west shore was covered with birds, mostly dunlin [73]. Phalacrocorax: A few C.mauri were present as well as one alba + 2 Phalacrocorax. The substrate was a lot muddier w/ some organic material, no current but a light skipping of warblers. Otherwise it was curiously similar to the kik. Reaching the end of the 1 km [illegible] transect, we cut toward the ocean, going through a large bowl (the expanse of low center polygon already described). Here melanotus and Luminosus prevailed, with some juvenile phalacrocorax: Gavia arctica + stellata flew vociferously overhead. See trip list for spp seen. See alpina sp. count. 21 August Welled w/ R. Greenberg from Wainwright to sand flats at mouth of Kik river, ~5 km. Began at 0815, returned 1400. Weather thundered by very heavy fog, gradually lifting till at 1400 we could see ~ 500 m. Flying in the previous day, and during a brief encounter that evening, I had estimated there would be over 100 fulicae along the shore - my prediction still was way over, certainly because the birds manned to other areas. We counted all seen en route of the following birds: foraging flying C. alpina 12 3 C. alpina 9 14 C. bairdi 1 0 C. mauri j 3 0 C. melanotus -0 -0 Luidonotus scolopaceus 0 2 Pluvialis dominica 0 2 Phalacrocorax fulicarius 199 18 Glauces spp 8 not count) Xema 2 juv " " Gavia stellata 1 Strepera paradisaea 1