J P Myers 1975 Journal Grid 2, Adjacent to Smithsonian building, 4 Km S of NARL, Pt. Barrow, Alaska 14 June (cont'd) I remained in area until ~1330 when PBC picked me up. QUENIN - returned to grid in order to follow. see melanotos sp accent. TRANSECT #1, Gasoline Ridge [51/23 CBS], Pt Barrow, Alaska 15 June 0945 began census of transect #1. Weather balmg w/ dead calm. 100% clouds (high) ~40°. totals w/in grid: C. melanotos 5; C. baairdi 5; Calpina 3 (inc. next); Golden Plover 1. See Nyctea sp accent re next. After running the transect I worked along the Grid 2, Adjacent to Smithsonian bldg. (W side of the ridge) then SW toward the road to the galeaeris, across it, and then ~N, parallel the road to Voth Creek and Grid 2. There was a tremendous amount of C. baairdi and C. melanotos activity, both on the ridge and W of the road, but more west of the road, particularly of melanotos. see peck sp accent Grid 2, Adjacent to Smithsonian Bldg., 9 Km S of NARL, Pt. Barrow, Alaska After reaching grid area I tracked 9 melanotos 6/15/75-1 (from beginning at 1319 for 100 minutes). See tracking accent + sp accent. 16 June Rain - steady + significant enough to be more than just a nuisance. On the grid at 0815 in order to track birds. Very slight wind from E which later shifted to West. Rain stopped at 1045 only to begin again ~1130. Began by following 8? alpium beginning at 0837. Did so successfully for 100 minutes. I then began to follow its ? last stop because I had been in this area for so long. Walked to 3.4 region, found banded ? RIB + begin following but they pulled a switcheroo on me (2 banded birds of a pair to complete clutch, I later discovered) + I stopped confused. 1215 began on ? melanotos + did so until locating her nest [see melanotos tracking 6/16/75-1 ? melanotos; sp accent; next map] 13:39 began following 8? banded dunlin just one of pair mentioned above. See RB 87 6/16/75-2 17 June During the morning I transcribed notes from the last several days. Then in the afternoon despite a steady wind w/ occasional flurries of ice I tracked birds on Grid 2. See melanotos sp. and tracking accents. Returned to camp 1930.