JPMyers 1978 JOURNAL Atkasook on the Meade River, N. Slope, Alaska 26 May (cont'd) One interesting result is that Hydrophoenax are found this year well away from the buildings by camp. We recorded one pair on T5, and Dave Shuford found another out by T6. 27 May I sampled transect 1-4 between 0900 and 1100. Temp at 0700 = -6°C. Bisk AE wind ~15 mph. Brilliant sun obscured at ~0915 by intermittent W-slope fog (the type that is very dark blue when looking horizontally but when you look up you see blue sky; classic Barrow). The fog hung in for the rest of the morning, lifting only gradually until it formed a low overland bank. With the wind, which came up yesterday evening, and the period of fog coupled with cold temps, the ground vegetation is coated with a stark hoarfrost, crystals over 1cm long. Along the entire 4 km of transects I recorded 0 birds. At one point (between transects) 2 Larus h. flew over me. And while backing from T4 I parked by some Sku Lars h., probably working on their nest site for the lake to swell. But otherwise nothing. Not a Calcarius, nor Lagopus. Fortunately it can't go on. About 1230 the single otter flew in with additional supplies for camp. I have not said much in here about our logistic difficulties this year resulting from NARL's (Naval Arctic Research Laboratory) own internal testers. Suffice it to say that we are finally well provisioned, and lack only a fuse for the short wave radio. I spent the afternoon storing our gear, including 4 much welcomed bottles of propane. Temperature rose to -3°C at ~1230. 28 May A bruise ENE wind prevailed all day, blowing in excess of 20 mph. Temperature at 7 was -6°C. At 1600 T = -4°C. Cloudless almost all day. We stayed in the vicinity of camp throughout the day, killed by the unpleasant wind. Even still, the daily list shot up: 3 new shorebirds (Pluvialis squatarola, Calidris melanotos, and C. alpina), all flying over camp, as well as 7 Sircornis pomonarius and one flock of >40 Branta bernicla nigricans. So despite the continued cold weather and incessant wind, los pajaros are trying to do their flying: get to the many Meade and breed. I could be some myself. I forgot to mention yesterday evening that Leukome appeared at the end of the runway hunting ptarmigan. They got 2 L. lagopus. They are also hunting Arenaria (frons) and Branta bernicla. I suspect they would concentrate more on the latter 2 were conditions more favorable for geese, but somehow the frozen tundra seems more