JPhelps 1980 Calidor's mulemotors GRID 3, IVARL Barrow, Alaska 30 June 0600 banding 6W:6M on her nest; as they is happening Limp in 4/6C/TC and RG to her, she is BV even though she has bat 3eggs in her clutch. 0615 found 6W:6M, began tracking immediately 0650 - an intruder ? appears to be trying to set up shop between Limp and ?q - it is involved with both, one after the other, in border flights along the border between Limp and ?q. 0810 - she has yet to do any nest cup building. Based on that fact and on her slower pace + the obvious swollen vent, I think she has begun to lay [prediction taped at 0810]. Unfortunately I couldn't test the prediction because she flew away at 0820, returning to the vicinity of an old nest (-7,9). While I saw her land down there, she was quickly approached by a ?+ swept up in a chase. I never heard her again that morning. Her behavior is a bit odd - this makes her 3rd time she has disappeared in that direction, flying abruptly from the (2,9) region to (2,0) + getting lost. What is she doing down there? 1 July 0603 tracking 6W:6M. Within 12 minutes I noticed that her pace had slowed even more from yesterday + that her vent was fuller and more swollen. She acquired against a ?LL. She behaves like a laying ? At 0634 she went onto a nut - had 1 egg at 0630 and 2 eggs at 0715. Thus my prediction from yesterday was correct - she began laying yesterday a.m. Her nut, if it is an Limp's area - is just barely on. In fact it is imprecisely the same spot from which he headed his terror on 29 June (see tracking) ?an Limp usurped this area? Or is she off his territory? There seems to be 2 ways to play ? mulemotors. One is the Redhead - never stray from the ?'s territory. The 2nd is as 6W:6M - more inaccurately [see tracking data]. It's going to be interesting to see if she moves about during this laying sequence.