J.P. Myers 1975 Journal Grid 2 21 July 33°E at 0700; clear with light N.W. wind. The grid this morning (began censusing at 0715) was remarkable for its quietness. Very few birds, quite patchily distributed, almost all of them occurring on the grid in an area in the NW corner (high 8's, 9's, + 10's). Only 3 hornbills unattended, 1 unhatched, a melanotus and a Ph. fulicarius. Tanager chick hatched. Grid Totals alpina 1 melanotus ♀ 2 [illegible] pilla 4 Phalaropus f. 37 11 Again while censusing the breeding birds a swallow flew, flying in from east at over 100 m at tenio (particularly fulicarius). I did not count those birds. Rather, only individuals which were obviously on the grid for reasons unrelated to any presence were recorded. One new melanotus nest (pipped egg) found between end of grid and the oil spill pond where Miller's crew is working. Bonded P. australis (Lr.) came to oil spilled pond to visit me, she fed along the edge in emergent vegetation - at least her bill had oil on it. Footh Meadow Lake, Transect 3 During the afternoon Ross Greenberg, Katy Parsons + E walked to the area between Meadow Lakes in order to look for Calidris ruficollis (which Katy had reportedly seen the evening before). Although we did not find it - there was an amazing concentration of flocking melanotus (40? 8+4), Phalaropus fulicarius (69? 60?), Ph. lobatus (1), C. parvipes (160), and C. fuscicollis (1) along the down wind side of the lake. The birds were feeding on the upland area and along the shore edge (although most were upland) in very tight flocks. I walked from there around the E edge of S Meadow Lake after leaving Katy + Ross - there were considerable numbers of melanotus + fulicarius, particularly on the SE, S + SW sides (an easterly wind today)