JPMYERS 1979 JOURNAL Buffie Lek (25,42) AT Kasook, Meade River, North Slope Borough, Alaska 17 June cont'd buffie lek, uniring them by 0745. About 20 minutes after I arrived a 8 Tryngito flew in and left immediately. It was not marked. I saw no other buffies until 1145. See Tryngito spicio account. Remained then until 1400 and came back in. Much to my dismay Chris Swarth was still in camp when I returned. NAREL failed to send a plane for him as promised. Barrow, Alaska 18 June After unforseeable delays with NAREL's flight depart I became impatient Pete and chartered a Cessna 207 from Cape Smythe Airways to pick Swarth and me up in Atkasook. They were there in less than hour after we decided to report them. That's service. Returning to NAREL I found McCaffrey and Gellman in good spirits, though tired. We took care of various administration chores until 1130, ate lunch, and were on the fundra lay (200). I censored 6x10 L. Weather - miserable. 25 mph E wind with occasional rain drops, low clouds, 32-33° F. Remained in the field until 1700. The grid had not been worked since I went to Meade River, and it needed a lot. Eunclastus activity interesting - see spicio account. Baird's skip are very dense out on the grid. Even though one nest was completed by 13 June, today it appears that at least 3 pairs have yet to complete clutching. 19 June Morn of 6x10 L, snow of strong ENE wind, cold + clouds. Cut from 0730-1130, 1330-1700. I filled out the details on grid note numbers of several species, and am having to revise estimates upward, especially for C. pusilla (10 territories) C. alpina (6), and Pluvialis dominica (6). Few due to this year. Today I saw the first Polysticta pair on the grid (fly