JP Phye 1977 Journal Atkaook, Meade River, N.Slone Borough, Alaska 1 June (cont'd) Carex marsh C. melanotus Limnodromus Pancerculus sandwichensis Carex - Arctophila not melted yet Flocks of several spp are moving through the area. Most pronounced are Pomarine Jacques - during early evening we saw several (4-5) large flocks numbering up to 25 pomarines/flock. All are moving unswervingly to NE. Anser albifrons and Branta acuta also migrating. The most obvious other migrant still moving in number are Pectorals - regularly throughout the day small flocks numbering up to 35 birds fly by in a NE direction. Other birds are cruising about w/o quite so consistent a vector - dunlin are moving large local distances, Ruddy fulicaeus, Longspurs. 2 June Worked all afternoon on transects, not returning to camp until 2245. Both LS and I were barely able to put together 4 words in a coherent sequence that night. Such is life on the tundra. We put in Transects 1-5, located to the West and SW from camp (see approximate location on map). Brief descriptions: TRAN① begins in sloping low center polygons immediately west of camp. After ~200 m it enters a stream gully bordered by Salix pulchra/Carex and follows the stream up to where the stream drains from a lake. It then cuts north into more LCP area, then again W out into upland tundra. Most of the transect is either LCP or stream side willows. TRAN② begins on a lichen ridge, following that for 150 m before running in to upland tundra + mixed polygons w/ Carex and low S. pulchra/ Betula. It then cuts saw through upland tundra, crosses a path of lichen tundra, and then continues thorough upland, making one more crook to avoid a large lake. TRAN③ is straight (!!), beginning in string bogs of Carex and then cutting across a mosaic of low wet tundra until ~ Slat 12, where it goes on to upland tundra. TRAN④ is also straight, heading east across a small patch of lichen tundra, a large low Carex marsh, and then out onto upland tundra and finally LCP's. TRAN⑤ follows a lichen ridge, w/ much crookedness.