JPMyers 1977 JOURNAL Barrow, Alaska 6 July ¿Que. pasa? The tropics arrive at Barrow. 38° at 0800, with a Cliff Swallow flying abide. Then through the morning the temperature rose to 50°, with a light breeze from W then S then E (growing) by late p.m. No clouds. I actually censused 6 and 1 ufo gloves, no hat, and a short-sleeved shirt. Uh heard of!! But no bird popped unexpectedly out of the woodwork to populate a deaperovati grid, so the swallow was a false omen. Yes, the grid totals were low: Anadara acuta 1000-1245 Pluvialis dominica ♀ 18 C. melaonotus ♂ 15 ← well that's not terribly low! ♀ 2 — that is C. alpina 9 C. bairdii 3 C. moui 1 C. pusilla 7 Ph. fulicularius ♀ 2 Passerculus Calcaris lapponicus ♂ 1 ♀ 8 ♂ 2 ♀ 0 Plectrophenax nivalis ♂ 3 7 July stayed in most of the day. Stenzel came up from Minds, Sliford went down. 8 July sampled all transects with purpose of repeating tomorrow and 10.5 am to get an estimate of short term variability. byrne did T6→T10 while I did T1→T5. Day was clear except for an hour around 1300 when the fog rolled in, only to clear abruptly by 1330. Moderate E wind, temp 34° rising to 40°. Generally pleasant. Bird abundance fairly good (see Transect accounts), and rare but the habitat scene is rather different from the last transect sample (7-05-77) when I had been impressed by Dunlin activity in the lowlands, especially along T3. Today they weren't there. How likely is a daily rhythm in foraging, such that one habitat is used during one period while another is at other times — that could be confounding. Certainly possible for species using the littoral zone — e.g. pusilla.