JPMayers 1975 Journal Grid 3 12 July (alpine) alpina - nests on the grid have hatched. Found 2 new melanoto nests in areas where I saw 94 were present (but had been unsuccessful on nests). Both lay within territory of followed 3 melanotos 6/27/75-6. total GRID 3 alpina 7 pusilla 12 + melanotos 8 0 [8] Fullicarius 8 Pluvialis d. 2 Arremonia 2 I finished censusing at 1430 and then began to sample habitat. However, after ~ 1/2 hr. I found that my tape recorder was not functioning. shit. One comment: coastal foxes have killed one of the nesting pavaire jaegers (several days ago); this afternoon they were out shooting to the W - I saw them get another jaeger (neighbor which foraged almost as far as grid) as well as a sandpiper shorebird, probably an Arremonia. I am missing birds (incubators), including melanotos, fullicarius, and a Somateria. The carnage that they wreak is abhorrent; pernicious little bastards. Beginning - Grid 2 13 July 0745 began censusing Grid 2: heavy fog limiting visibility to ~400 m, light E wind. During the morning the fog lifted, so that by midday it was reasonably clear but unpleasantly warm and mosquitoid. I heard several groups of emerging pectoral chicks (see previous banding record). The grid, as had been #3 yesterday, was dominated by broody adult birds. This makes censusing somewhat difficult, as adults will fly towards you at considerable (100m) distance from where they are brooding the chicks. If there are several pairs in a general area, this has the result of drawing in a whole mob of birds. In fact it is a mob with me, the predator, being the object.