J P Myers 1977 Journal Barrow, Alaska July (cont'd) the South Meadow Lake flock of melanotos and foliarius. Channning devil, but unsuccessful. Wind has been oppressively consistent their last 5 days, and with the sun out continuously el tundra is reaching a parched state almost comparable to August of last year. If this continues it will be far drier here than I've seen it. 12 July 0740-0940 censused grid 2 (=1976/63). Temp 38° constant. wind strong, building to 20 knots from E. Bad enough to force me to quit before censusing grid 1, which I will do tomorrow. The flock of divalii using the lower left part of the grid is forming again, as it has for the past 2 years. I first began to notice an accumulation there 8 July when running T5. But at that time it seemed largely to be mobbing broody adults, flying in to harass me. I've been there most days since then; the flock is there now without my encouragement, foraging in the high polygon system at (0,2) etc. GRID TOTALS: Clangula. 1 ♀ 9 C. melanotos ♀ 2 C. bairdii 1 C. alpina 16 C. posilla 5 Ph. foliarius ♀ 5 St. parasiticus 1 St. longicaudus 3 Calcarius ♂ 9 ♀ 3 1 Plectrophenax ♀ 1 13 July 0515-0715 censused GRID L. Temp 36° rising to 38. Steady 15 mph E wind, no clouds. this weather type has held now for 5 days. A drag. Sampling early today because wind has typically begun to rise ~0700-0900, and it makes censusing more difficult. GRID TOTALS Pluvialis dominica 4 C. alpina 13 C. melanotos ♀ 14 unknown 1 C posilla 5 C mawii 1 C bairdii 1 St. longicaudus 3 Ph foliarius ♀ 5 St. parasiticus 1 Calcarius ♂ 9 unk 2 ♀ 3 6 Passerculus s 1