JP Myers 1980 Calidris mellarot Grid 3, Barrow, Alaska 26 June (CONTD) again on tracking 6W:6M — by 1600 I am impressed at the amount of movement by this bird. See tracking sheet. I picked her up in (-3,9). She fled to (-3,11) [100m], flow briefly, and then flew 250 m to (2,9), actually on the ridge. And her style of movement on the ground contrasts strongly with both laying & and incubating 9. She is clearly searching. She feeds for a while, then runs, and then stands upright and about, looking around. The (2,9) area, by the way, is controlled by yet another 03 05. However she goes to the tops of mounds as polygons + stands upright. In doing so she becomes very conspicuous. Her vent, incidentally, is not at all swollen. 1540. began tracking REDHEAD. I found her immediately upon reaching the vicinity of her nest, which has 3e now and she was not in. 07 was displaying to another 9, who was persistently BU. 1740 — ao I track redhead, now at 1740 05 has begun hooting to GW:6M (see previous tracking session) I remained with Redhead for 100 minutes. She went onto the nest during minute 27 and remained there for the duration. 2038 began tracking redhead again. She was on her nest at 2000 when I arrived. She has 3e yet. 07 paid her attention in the beginning of the session and she responded by getting off her nest, standing upright. He almost mounted. After that they had another interaction with 05 into whose territory she then barely. She gave 05 a strong BU as he hooted over her. She also churred aggressively. Re GW:6M: Throughout this evening 03 has been counting 6W:6M, hooting intensely + frequently. 03, fortunately, can be again recognized as an individual: he limps terribly (I’ll call him Limp) and he has a secondary or tertiary hanging osseous on his left wing. This is very visible in flight. Limp has been around since before the 21st, when I first noticed his unusual gait.