JF Myers 1977 Calidris melanotos NARL, Barrow, Alaska 19 June good tracking scurin today on GRID 9: 488 with consistently defended, small territory (see tracking data book). However there was only 1 (one) 8" seen on the ground. obvious surplus 8" moving around. a flying 8" brings up 8" from at least 500 m. away. 20 June poor tracking on GRID 4: it took us several tries to find a territorial 8" in one part of the grid. There are at least 2 areas out there where no territorial bird holds sway. nonterritorial groups meander through w/o being disturbed. No 8" on ground. much chasing if a 8" detected in the air. one 8" strayed repeatedly into neighbors territory even though it was also territorial . 1050 began following 8" that within 9 minutes revealed itself as an NIB by ① being supplemented from local foraging site then ② foraging w/ 2 other 8" that also had been supplemented. This 8" confused me at first by grouse-displaying at one of the other 8", even to the extent of tail cocking. Predhoe Bay, N. Slope, Alaska 21 June 8" melanotos a conspicuous bird here still reproductively active. There are more 8" here than at Barrow, and 8" are probably equally or more dense than at the GRID 4 hot spot. Certainly more dense than birds on GRIDS 1 or 2. Curiously few aerial chases, even though hooting is regular if infrequent. Several 7-8" border interchange. 22 June Pectorales do not use perigas or upland lundra, at least at this time of the year. Put water on it and provide a few mounds (so they need be no higher than 20-30 cm) and you'll have a 8". Decustes may be higher in the [illegible] between [illegible] funtura moraici w/ strong [illegible] [illegible] (vari. Frii). But [illegible] tran 2 (see journal map) which is pure low wet tundra had a remarkable density along as well as more 8" than I'd seen all summer. Barrow, Alaska 27 June 8" arriving in hordes, swarming over GRIDS 1,2,3,4. Some 8" in blue flowers also. Few display activity still apparent, and where it is it is sporadic. Tracking is over 30 June [illegible] many 8" in lowlands south of town. possible feeding territory by lake margin.