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JPMeyers
1980
Calidris malleatus
GRID3, NARL, Burrow, Alaska
27 June
1330 - Redhead hen laid her 4th egg. GW:6M is again with flee 8', LIMP,
She visited yesterday. I began tracking GW:6M@1340, I lost her so for some
time (minute 34→78)
1450 - watching Redhead fed by (2,7) slabs. Q Y:Ym flies off her nest from
Bm away to chase Redhead.
1539 tracking GW:6M again. Curious observation — from 2-3 meters, 8'
(her scar) suddenly flew aggressively toward GW:6M + circle her around
— flies back toward territory center with her. Then immediately the neighbor
8' (Q) rose from nowhere and did a border swoop, indicating that
GW:6M had been in his area. Please
center of 8's area
It looked to me as if 8' needed GW:6M!
1645 began tracking GW:6M again after a brief hiatus. Looks to me as if her
vent is swelling.
1656 8' has been L16C @20m distance from Q. She begins to approach him,
clurring slightly. He crouches down, cocks tail. She continues to approach,
and comes to within 2m. He swivels to Rb as she comes to within 20cm
and leads beyond him; he starts running after her, Rb, then begins to
squawk with both wings up, then one wing up. He flies off @1825
1705 Another HERDING INCIDENT (see 1539, above): GW:6M has been steadily
flying toward LIMP's border w/ 8' around (2,10). Suddenly at 1704:45 he began
clurring aggressively from 20m away. He flew at her, forcing her back and
around so that she flew away from the border — more central to his territory [see