J.P. MIGENS 1975 Journal Grid 2, 4 Km S of NARL, Ft Barrow, Alaska 3 July dunlin ☐ 11 baird's 2 scopipalm sandpiper 3 Phalacrocorax auricularis ☐ 24 Arctic tern 1 Pluvialis dominica ☐ 2 Calidris fuscicollis 1 A few phalaropes are beginning to appear in flocks as well. 4 July On Grid 2 at 0600 looking for St. Malanator to follow. Surprisingly little activity, in fact I saw no malanator until 0613 when I located 7/4/75-1 as it hooted. A few alpine had called by that time, as well as one quail. The quiet is probably due both to the lake state - bathing should begin shortly - and the coldness of the morning (31°). At 0615 I began following 7/4/75-1. Flight to MacIntyre, from Barrow, Alaska At 1230 we took off from Barrow in the NARL twin otter headed east to MacIntyre, an old DEW-line station lying just north of Prudhoe Bay. Our party included Russell (Cornell) - Brigham Young U. Greenberg, Carolyn + Peter (owners), Tom Cade, Clayton White, Harry Underwood (Sci. Director NARL), Jim Mosher (NARL), and James R. Schleschinger (U.S. Secretary of Defense). Obviously the purpose of the trip was so that we [illegible] ornithologists new to the north slope might benefit from the experience of Cade + White, 'old Alaskan' ornithologists. Actually, we were all to serve as beaters for the Secretary in his quest for new life birds. It had arrived the previous evening, and gave out to the Point to see the nesting Calidris fuscicollis with Conners. Russell + I learned only this am that there would be room for us on the plane. We followed the coast fairly closely from Barrow to MacIntyre. Greenberg + I tried to ID all birds seen from the air - a task not quite as ridiculous as it sounds considering that 1) we never saw any shorebirds, and 2) we were flying at or below 400'. The most waterfowl were easily identified. The few alternatively over coastal tundra and shore + pack ice. There was almost no snow left on the tundra, save a few spots sheltered from a southern seam.