JP Myers 1977 Journal Atkasook, Mcade River, North Slope Borough, Alaska 3 June 1100 to 2000 laying transects, today out in the Eastern Loop (see map). We began by readjusting (5), extending it further south along the ridge and cutting off some ugly meandering by Squirrel Pt. (16,23). Then we put in 6-10, going along the route indicated on the map. Weather was brisk, in the high 30's with a steady 20 mph ENE wind. But a brilliant sun made it tolerable. Only 1 new sp seen today, a Sabine's gull's flying over to the east. This evening we were not out as late as in past nights, and that perhaps as a result the earlier migration of jaegers and pied-billed gulls was not so apparent. I had meant to comment on its progression in yesterday's journal to re-emphasize (after 1 June) how obvious it is. Well over 100 Pomarine Jaegers went by the evening of 2 June, and 210 flocks of 6-15 g pied-billeds also, flying low over the tundra, headed east. The jaegers are obviously cutting across the base of Pt Barrow, heading overland. But the Pects? - where are they coming from? Why are they so low? Transect descriptions: (6) cuts across low Carex marsh, cary strings, and then into a lower tier polygon system with Salix pulchra, Carex, etc on the rims. (7) begins in a Salix lanata streamside terrace, goes through Carex marsh, up over a snowbank onto squirrel mounds and then along the bluff in a LCP system. (8) Starts in Flat polygons (land mixed) and then enters lichen tundra and wet lichen Heath. Midway through it jogs north into more wet-lichen tundra and then upland Carex-Salix pulchra Racomitrium tundra with much Bog. (9) goes through dry high country. (10) Begins in a wet Carex marsh, types up over a ridge of upland tundra and LCP, and then enters a gorgeous expanse of low LCP's. 4 June Another (the last) transect placing day, this time 9. We began mid morning and continued till 1700. Then flew a 2 hr stretch helping RATE invaders (5 people arrived). We returned to #8 transect 10 to lay a breeding bird plot (1 km x 250 m), using from 10 as a frame. The day was pleasant till ~2000 when a fog blew over. Temperature over in 40's, a