JPMeyers 1979 Journal 9 The Loop, Affkusook, Meade River, North Slope Borough, Alaska 15 June (cont'd) Limnodromus scolopaceus - a pair or two use the hanging ponds above the wetlands. Now down low. Arcticia interpres - 3 pairs use the ridge from the N to the S end of the Loop. They remain high on the ridge, never going low only to mob. It is impossible to drive them because they enjoy mobbing parasitic jaegers so. Gavia arctica - one pair on each of the larger lakes, probably 3 pairs. Huaus acuta - we've found a nest along the river and seen PA stalking. Not common Somateria spectabilis - a 2 was looking for a nest site on the buffle grid (25,42) Clangula hyemalis - one to two pairs on each of the lakes. Phalaropus lobatus - using the ponds in low number. Many fly over. Ph. fulicarius - I've not seen one on a winter body out here Asio flammeus - scarce, rarely fooling over the buffle grid Acanthis flammea - common along the river and the wetlands and also in the willows in the buffle lek. Acanthis is one of the few species that uses the dunes. Colaptes leucopis - abundant along the ridge. Use stabilized dunes. Buffle Lek (25,42) Meade River, Alaska 16 June 40 E at 0530. Left camp 0630 walked directly to buffle grid, arriving by 0830. Weather partly overcast though warm, with a damp east wind blowing. I remained on the loop until 1600. Just before I began to leave the weather started turning for the better. It rained a few drops around 1000. See Irrigatio account re specific details on day. Saw the banded C. pusilla that bred here last year (banded by Aric Spaans in Suisunam in 1976. We had trapped it last