JPMYERS 1976 Journal Banow, Alaska 6 June cont'd various birds into immortalizing their vocal efforts. No wind, however, is quite different from light wind, as the tapes show from the amount of buffeting noises. See tape accent for record of successes. Aside from the weather, the most notable event was finding out seeing small groups of P. melaanotos moving through - see app accent. Other than that, things were rather quiet, in fact surprisingly so. P. melaanotos have dispersed, thinly at that, and were only sporadically active save in a few places. Although the morning continued to remain sunny and around to 40°, all without wind even throughout the afternoon. Amazing. In the evening I took a 3-wheeler out to Nuwak - see daily list. Most notable events, aside from the weather, were the 4's of C. baicalicus displaying over the Nuwak tundra patch, a 'pair' of fuscicollis, and a Dendroica tigrina (see app accent for description). This bird was later collected by G. Divoky. TRANSECTS 1-5 7 June A late morning - reached the beginning of Transect 5 at 10:15. Did all 5 in order 5-1-3-4-2, finishing at 1530. Light NE wind, 100% clouds, 28°, 34°. Transect overall totals: 50 ha 218 minutes Calidris alpina 22 .44 C. melaanotos 9 16 .32 P. melaanotos chance 11 = .005/minute Phalacrocorax fulicarius 8 2 .04 Stercorarius pomarinus 6 .12 Calidris japonicus 43 .86 One Aso Hemimus displaying on Village Ridge - not calling, but diving GRID 2 8 June At 16:14 began tracking a P. melaanotos. NE wind blowing cool 39°w) complete, classic Banow overcast. The 8 I picked up in an area on GRID 2 where I had tracked another 8 3 days previous. It was immediately apparent that not only was the 8's territory smaller, but older 8's had come in in number. It was extremely active - see tracking data - (Wally Little)