Alaska field notes, v4435
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J.P. Myers 1975 Journal Transsects 1 and 3 25 June meat. Time spent searching was not part of the two minute sampling period; birds which appeared in the unit during that period will be disregarded. One melanoto not found, several others suggested. Following After finishing #1 I went to #3 and ran that transect, using the same procedure. Results (totals) Transect 2 Transect 3 [ ] [means passing by] [illegible] Calidris alpina 2 1 [ * ] [means passing over] C. bandii 1 0 C. fuscicollis [2] 0 C. melanoptera ♂ 8 [5] 8 4 [2] ♀ 7 [1] 9 0 C. purpilla 2 0 Ph. solitarius ♂ 2 6 ♀ 1 [1] 9 [2] Ph. lobatus 0 1 Pluvialis dominica 0 [1] Limnodromus scolopaceus [1] Individuals were only counted once. All snow along both transects is gone. During the latter part of the #3 sample the weather began to deteriorate, becoming ominous on the SE horizon, an increasing wind appearing. I went to the lower region of Transect #3, at the N end of gabline ridge along the E side in order to eat lunch and watch Calidris fuscicollis [where I had seen individuals displaying earlier] Again they were there (see sp. acct.). However, by 13:30 it began to rain and about rain gear, I headed back to NARL along the gabline. 26 Jun Because of incohability in yesterday's transect (I passed in order to find pectoral mutes) I ran transects 1, 2, +3 again this a.m. Beginning at 09:35 I started #1; #2 at 10:45; #3 at 12:05. The weather became nicer as the morning wore on, starting with a thin fog which gradually burned/blowed off. Wet wind continued lightly throughout census period. Table presented in table on next page. Birds displaying occurred an [illegible] as having occurred within.