J.P. Myers 1976 Journal At Kasook, Meade River, N. Slope Borough, Alaska 1 June (cont'd) Much weaker polygonization, with shallow incuding trosses <20 cm, and an overall rolling slope. Veg. upland tundra, Carex, Salix pulchra, Racomitrium dry tundra ridges of higher areas of Aletriona + Dryas antigridelin. Pluvialis squatarola country. Sitting on an abandoned squirrel mound caused by Elymus, Artemisia and others we watched a mob of Ph. fulicatus 89 pounced on another over a CP (all up accent). Shortly afterwards we contended cow + immediately found a Tryngites lek (one up accent). Up to 15 birds on a dry ridge, veg. deciglits up to 15 cm (old grasse) - much more substantial veg. than I've ever find a Tryngites in. We watched for ~1 hr + then continued west, passing quickly into band downs w/ occasional Salix lanata - Elymus stands and even less frequent wet ponds lined w/ Carex or Eriophorum. Dunes are ~200 m wide; we saw 2 birds in them, a pair of P. dominica beside one of the marsh areas. We hit the river near (28,39) and walked across. It is less than 1 m deep at this point, and the shores are cobbled. A large willow-lined ravine lay on the other side - we climbed up for the view and were surprised to see how retarded melt-off is on the NE side. After a moment's reflection it seemed apparent that the difficult phenology was due to prevailing winds depositing dust + sand from the eroding river banks onto the snow downwind, which lies to the SW. One ERIMINE moving back forth within a matrix of eroded ground squirrel molar at the top of the bank. At ~1530 we began walking SW around the loop, + then cut inland at (27,39) but were stopped immediately after guffing through the sand dunes by more Tryngites activity; apparently the likely extent for ~750 m WSW including map units (25,41) -> (26,39). Hagoopus nutans in the dune nearby. After watching for another hour we again began to trek back, heading W along the river to (19,36). Part of the river edge line are terraced, alternating between large stands of Salix glauca (~40 cm high) with mallow and a wet Carex-Eriophorum augustifolium