JPMYERS 1980 Journal Nuwuk, Pt Barrow, Alaska 30 May (EAST) a gip. Boted along the spit were 420 Pectrophumax. At Nuwuk itself I found 100+1 Calcarius and 20 Piceanthus. A few Larus hyperboreus flew over, and one large flight of Somateria spectabilis and S. mollissima went past. But that was it. Nuwuk was largely snow-covered with the area immediately at the Point frozen. I was particularly unhappy about the lack of cider - it may have been due to the 10-15 mph N wind, cold. [illegible] Britton Area. 1130-1215 ? any fall and I cased out this spot. It continues to be the only good area around. The Arenaria flock is still here, and several alpina plus a few Dalvillii and 1 posilla are remaining nearby. All the birds are in flocks. Only the Pectrophumax + the Calcarius occasionally remind you that breeding is going on. 1700 I was to have flown to Atkaook. Weather did not permit. 31 May Night 0900-1000 took a snowmobile for a gip around the transects. The weather remains fair - 15mph off the North Ice. It snowed last night. Temp at 0600 = 19°F. Not your spring day. There were no birds away from the coast. 1145-1330. Birding with Tony Hall at Britton area, Pow Main, and the Bluffs in Barrow. Britton hasn't changed, POWMAIN has been abandoned by the golden plovers that were there yesterday, but the bluff area in top form: 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys, 1 Euxanous naves, 1 Pterocles, and one **Melospiza lincolnii**. Several posilla and alpina in Brownvill. No one is thinking about Nating yet. I had to leave at 1330 to catch a plane to Meade River. Flight in a Cape Smythe Cessna 207, took ~30 min. The tundra between Barrow and Atkaook is solid snow. It's only along bluffs of the Meade that any tender sticks through, and these spots are sandy + wind blown.