J.P. Myers 1995 Journal Transact 2, by Voth Slough, 5 Km S of NAKI, Ft. Barnau, Alaska 18 June (cont'd) was transect #1. #2 lies in a NNW-SSW direction, running 1 km through a lowland series of ponds, low center polygon, and Cany x flat. The majority of the transect is within the pond zone. Returned via BPT3, seeing Linnodromus scolopaceus en route, see melanotus pp. accent. During the afternoon I recorded microhabitat foraging preferences in the area of guis 2 Transect 1 + 2 0900 walked from Southesian Bldg to transect 1 in order to sample. Weather rotten—a very cold rain with a moderate E wind, enough to make the outdoors unpleasant. Much of the snow that had been along the #1 transect has now melted. totala 3pp transect 1—in the grid transect 2 C. melanotus ♂ 7 8 ♀ 4 4 C. alpina 4 3 C. baudii 3 0 Pluvialis d. 2 2 Phalacrus felicarius ♂ 0 2 ♀ 8 On the weather was poor—made observation conditions to be less than ideal. Not only was visibility poor, hearing was near impossible. Further, I suspect that the cold rain (or strong wind) could easily have dampened display activities by the birds. Therefore in order to compensate I took somewhat longer in moving along the transect and tramped through a 25 m radius circle around each stake in order to spend whatever lay within. It was surprising how actually large like this produced; it should be effective in locating birds in what was within units. Afternoon—followed O melanotus (see accento.) As in the morning, weather conditions made work difficult, and uncomfortable. I have seldom been colder than this afternoon, watching the patrol. 20 June a.m. worked on mats until just around noon, at which point Russ + PAC came running into the lab, energetically seeking FAP and his shotgun. They had seen a wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) out by low marine. We went out their immediately and collected a tringa