JP Meyers 1975 Journal Uniat, Colville River Valley, Alaska # July (contin) most accomplished (under there). We spent 0.5 hrs near the runway, looking through a dense willow thicket interspersed with # open grass ways (obviously old river channels) were so filled with thick grass which deceptively hides the 2'-3' deep water underneath.) . the willows were short - perhaps a maximum of 8' high, thick and thin-trunked. A very dense stand. Certainly the most extensive forest I've seen since the south. After unsuccessfully trying to find the wobble we got on a Kollogon and trekked down the runway to the E + then along a road, going ~2 miles from Uniat to the NE. We birded along the road for a distance, in some heathery areas w/ dwarf birch and aspen. Several blooming heather spp., and spotted grass-filled ponds, as well as one large (300m radius) lake. No Phylloscopus, but several Motacilla flava, lots of Passerulus s., Acanthis h., etc. (see trip list). Callinico + Phalaropus lobatus are the only shorebirds; the former were wading. From beside the lake we climbed a the first ridge, a large hill probably 300'/high defining the NW limit of the river valley at Uniat. Willow, aspen, and dwarf birch were abundant, but quite scrubby, more of it growing over 4' - 5' high. Ground cover was heather. A few rock outcroppings rimmed the hill. 3/3 of the way up I spotted a Luscinia svecica, perched on a dead branch. (see sp. accent) Also, at last, we found a Phylloscopus... Schleschinius, intent upon Phylla, ignored the Luscinia, which turned out to be a quail-like bird. Later we got numerous good views of Phylla. - but to his satisfaction he never saw Luscinia. He seemed a bit slow at following visual directions, partly, at least, because he would ignore what people were saying. As he + White climbed up to the top to look down they passed within 5m of a Buteo lagopus nest w/ 3 chicks + 2 eggs. White saw it + asked JRB if he wanted to stop; JRB, without even turning his head, said: "No, I've seen a rough-legged hawk." Where. The top was alderoid of any trees, but had extensive heather mats. Lupine. Other flowers blooming. Also a large colony of arctic ground squirrels. White, who had been doing field work in his last week, pointed out a Falco rusticolus eyrie ~2m downstream, on the side of a cliff above the river. Obvious.