J P Myers 1980 Journal At Kasook on the Mada River, North Slope Borough, Alaska 4 June (CONT) take so birds still in migration, or at least not yet at their breeding site. Most conspicuous today were C. melanotus and Phalacrus fuligularis. Individuals and flocks of them 2 spp moved by successively, one every few minutes. C. calpinus and pusilla were also conspicuously on the move, as was Limnodromus scolopaceus. And today the ducks really began to move in. I saw >100 Anas acuta flying by. By evening 30-40 Chenula hypoleucos were roosting on the river. Two flocks of Somateria fischeri and 2 of S. spectabilis also appeared. Aythya marila arrived, etc. etc. Sternna paradisaea are hunting on the river by (36,39), waiting, I suspect for their local breeding ponds to melt. They congregate there every year. With the rain the wind stopped. It remained down until beyond when I went to sleep at 0015. The rain stopped by 1630. At 2000 I took the tape recorder out to the Tryggitis leks, trying to tape Ploceus squamulatus or voces. It was a gorgeous evening. Sana alausii beginning to call. Stercorarius pomarinus death angels swooping past in large numbers. No wind. I was spoiled only by the incessant grumble of Bunnell's generator and noise from town. I am amazed at how well such sounds carry out here without wind, and equally at the amount of noise the village now produces. It's still too moonlacky, but it ain't coldness. 3 Tryggitis were on the leks. (See spacecut) 5 June Began slow because I had to go to town to get a message for NIKL. Left for buffle grid at 1300. The fact that it rained hard for several hrs between 0600 and 0900 didn't speed me up either. As Saturday evening there were 4 Tryggitis on the grid, mostly in its 1:0-2:0 region (it also by 7:5). I tracked one for a 10 min bout but it and then had difficulty finding others. It looked as if the spot I had found was a narrow display area so I searched the loop once again. Found more anywhere else. Returned to the grid and tracked several from 1800-2400. See spacecut.