Calidris melanotos Grid 3, NARL, Barrow AK 21 June (cont'd) was perched vooring atop a polygon. She remains there vooring for 84 minutes while a & displayed incessantly around her. She then started to feed but after 3 minutes, she left the grid entirely. See tracking account. I then sunked @ 0320 to the & I tracked yesterday near station (9,7). She played cat & mouse with me for some 80 min before I decided to stop, partly because I wanted to back off & find her nest. About an hr later, returning to the area, I spooled her up off a 2E clukte. Basked her. But with that my luck turned because I found a already individually recognizable & localized & doing nest cup construction - i.e. a bird w/o any eggs. By then, however, I had to go in. I sent T. Sorelled out to track her immediately, and then I went out @ 1000 and tracked her. See tracking account. Truly an amazing girl because of how tame she is. Her & is also quite bold - perhaps completely oblivious. MOST REMARKABLE was that while this & interacted w/ the &, who displayed incessantly, she made little noises, chirps quite similar to the sounds, a & makes when she calls in her chicks. She did this as he hooted over her! She did this repeatedly while he hooted over. I then returned at 1000 to track her. She is physically distinct from other & around her - a bright red cap, strong buffy ochre auricular patches and a strong white V on the back. Finally, because both she & the & are extraordinarily bold I have been able to get very close during their interaction. Notes from tracking tapes: 1020 & is in slow tail cocked, wings lowered posture but crouched on the ground. He gives the low intensity grouse call. & approaches. He then enters intensiom grouse, rolling grouse call, standing up, jumping chest up + down 1034. & is voluntarily approaching & - not other way around! Highly unusual as normally the & tries to keep away.