SP Myers 1977 Journal Haul Road, Dietrich → Deadhorse, mostly N. Slope, Alaska 8 August (cont'd) Nucifraga hudsonica - 2 flying over, heard at 20 Heterocercus lineatus - one recently fledged juvenile in gravelly stream on S. side of Atigun Pass - 5 very grey, light under parts (under tail coverts), subtly scaled back with scaling widespread but not much different in color from overall light slaty grey. Calidris melanotos - 15 seen coming N at 14 in disturbed pond site. fairly regularly there 2 North, becoming common by coastal plain. largely juveniles although at least one 9 present. C. bairdi - one seen at 4 by sewage pond regular C. minutilla - the common small peep of the upper Sag, near Happy Valley and south in appropriate wetland habitat - all juvenile. seen using disturbed ponds C. pugnax - a few encountered in disturbed ponds at 19 and 16. Contracts with scene at Prudhoe where even still pugnax is common. C. mauri - seen only by oilfield Chimangus "" "" Ph. lomulus - found in scattered ponds from Pump Station 4 North, disturbed sites. On coastal plain much more evident St. paradisus - only on coastal plain SE longicaudus - widespread eave in boreal Larus hyperboreus "" "" "" - particularly near camp and active event site. Larus canus - foothills, Brooks range + boreal. breeding in foothill lakes (juv seen at 10) Sterna paradisaea - 47? foothill lakes, coastal plain, inland ponds + lakes Asio flammeus - 2 seen flying over vicinity of 6 Aug hunting over low tundra on coastal plain + along Sag River bottom. Perisoreus canadensis - several groups seen in Nica glen Corvus corax - widespread, from boreal to coastal plain, especially near camp Pars hudsonicus - a 2 seen in mixed flock at 2 Oenanthe oenanthe - abundant at base of Atigun Pass near Atigun Camp, with flocks of juveniles moving over the alpine tundra along with Anthus spinolleta. very curious bird, flying up to your face, perched on Salix, on rocks, liquid insects. Drop out abruptly on either side of the alpine fell fields. Phylloscopus borealis - one family of 4 found in very thick willow/alfalfa thicket at treeline - especially prominent below brownish cap. Faint wing strip readily seen on good view. Pale legs also apparent Motacilla flava - most common bird of trip - abundant in foothills in flocks up to 60 birds. unusually widespread, present at almost every stop in that zone, using mossy tundra and riparian areas. Also found a few north of Franklin Bluff. Anthus spinolleta - abundant in upper Atigun Camp, moving in large flocks over fell field. scattered individuals elsewhere particularly mixed in with Motacilla flava Larus excubitor - exclusively in willow thickets of Brooks. juvenile. Acanthis flammea - very widespread, with a few individuals flying overhead at most of the Brooks and foothill sites. Juveniles seen near Chandler. Passerculus sandwichensis - very widespread wherever tall grass near water. Still quite broody Spizella arborea - common in riparian willows in Brooks and foothills, with 2 Pts singing near Toddik. Scattered in taller willows out to coastal plain. Zonotrichia leucophrys - common in riparian willows in Brooks + foothills, as Spizella. also singing near Toddik. many juveniles. Calcarius lapponicus - common in Brooks or N. Slope and from there out to coastal plains. mostly juveniles but some adults. exposed habitat, upland bluffs, fell fields, generally away from riparian places.