SP Myers 1938 Journal Atkasook at Meade River, N. Slope, Alaska 23 May cont'd snow-covered, with a few site near the river on the bluff bare, and the airstrip largely cleared. Most of the 15 or so Calcarius seen were around three bare sites. At 1430 Stuart, Dave + E walked along the river first to Butterfly Creek (~1.5 upstream along the River), then up on the tundra for a few hundred meters south then back ~ENE to some bluffs on the NE side of the river. From there we returned directly (~2 km) to Camp. The only area with extensive bare sites was at the bluffs, which were heavily dominated by sand dune plant associations, and a 200 m strip W from the bluffs paralleling the river for several hundred m. This latter area was low center polygon habitat with a considerable amount of Eryngium vaginatum. Aside from Larus hyperboreus, the only birds we found stuck to these cleared sites, or flew over them. Most unexpected were 20+ Anser albifrons. 3 flying shorebirds: 2 together were totally unidentified other than oise (small-medium sandpiper). The 3rd was probably a C. melanotos. ~15 Calcarius in air, 3 Acanthis sp. And both Lagopus sp. (L. lagopus, L. mutus). Today is obviously much colder than previous days, as in the area near (16,41) which we largely melted today, solid ice pools of melt water, now refrozen with the cold. 24 May Lazy morning after a reasonable night's sleep in the kitchen. (for warmth). -7°C, windy with gusts >20mph. Unpleasant + not very birdy. We could hear a few Larus hyperboreus adults cruising by the river bluff, but other than that none made an appearance around the camp. A few Spizelloides ran between buildings. But the cold, wind, and intermittent snow kept the birds down and us in. We did go out at 1430 for ~1 hr, walking about 2.5 km. During that we saw 5 Arenaria interpres plus the gaggle of other 'local' birds (see daily list.) 2000-2230 walked from camp out to (16,41), where much of the snow is off. Wind abating, temp -4°C. Total clouds 100% (but well off ground, thus is definitely a dirk of birds. I saw a flock of 5 Calcarius, <5 Larus h., about 210 L. mutus and <15 L. lagopus