Alaska field notes, v4438
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JPhyus 1980 Calidris melaenotos CmID 3, NARL, Barrow, Alaska 1 July A note on the nesting habitat of GW:GM. Her first nest was in low wet stuff-, Carex-Eriophorum russculum along the rim of a low center polygon. Then one in 1982 on a high center polygon near the N edge of Gakline, in Gakox-Ben antica mire uplands. That represents a substantial microhabitat change, and curiously, she chose the more upland site 3rd, later in the season after considerably drying of tundra. 0940 8 Lime hools at over GW:6m + what a poor showing. His call is but a minor remnant of what it has been. Moreover, looking at him now it's obvious that his breast sac is regressing, diminishing drastically in size. Many of the local 8 are similarly changing