J P Mugeus 1975 Journal From NARL to Pt. Barrow (the end of the spit) 11 July (cont'd) Shortly after I finished sampling, the OCS [illegible] the entire spit was enshrouded with fog-dense stuff that cut visibility horizontally to less than 50 m. But looking directly upwards I could see blue filtering down. Thus it must have been a very low cloud cover. Patch has drifted by, thicker than others. It remained that way for ~20 min as I scouted out to the end of the pt., but fortunately just after I arrived there it began clearing. At the tip the point [illegible] broadens to a wide gravel bay [illegible] [illegible] just over 1 km wide. Along the east side is a path of tundra of perhaps 300 m extent. Very low vegetation, mostly moss. A pool. Some sedges + a variety of flowers. It is true that the Calidris ruficollis was found nesting several weeks ago by Beening. And this afternoon it flushed from the nest as I approached (see appendent). Unfortunately I had too little time to spend looking at the ruficollis, or at anything else. There was a narrow band of open water immediately off shore (no shore ice piece) in which a focid seal and several Bavia adamsii swam. I had to flash back to camp however. Found one Cepphus grylle nest w/ 2 eggs in an oil drum. Reach / camp 1950. Grid 3 12 July Began canvassing Grid 3 at 0830. Weather warm (40-45°F) with light S and E wind, heavy cloud cover. Occasional thick mists parading for drizzle. The mosquitoes made several concerted attempts to overwhelm, but the weather never became sufficiently favorable for their victory. The grid was amazingly quiet being with few or melanotos or Q. fulicarius. In fact it appears as if they've left the area. One peculiar observation: a 5th Nyctea performing dracula display w/ 2 nearby. This is an area adjacent to a pair but where nothing has been terribly active this season. Otherwise birds present today were three tenders, kids or young. I found three pectoral nests (actually, I checked 3 already known sites) which were in the late stages of hatching or just ready to leave the nest. Arenaria nect #1 was hatching. All known