Alaska field notes, v4438
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JPMyers 1980 Calidris pusilla At Kasook on the Wladys River, North Slope Borough, Alaska 2 June saw my first pusilla today, a single bird flying horribly NE across the river 3 June many solitary pusilla moving NE, not pausing a moment as they lit the river and over to the opposite bank. Also seeing some flocks of 5-10, again all going NE. Others, however, are stopping locally. First motorboat display heard at 10:15 this morning. Checked area (26,38) for banded Surinam scapipal but not there. One bird was displaying in that area. 4 June still many pusilla moving through, most singly as now their direction isn't so uniformly NE. In heavily stained areas with patches of clear ground small flocks of 5-10 drop down to the patching to feed. Bkx 0945-Surinam Scap; is back - he was at his old territory on 26,38 just W of the end of TB, fighting over a boundary with his neighbor. 7 June not cup displays on the grid. No more movements seen throughout today, very few yesterday. 11 June spooked a Scree of a nut today, robot-running. Did not find the nut. Quite a bit of aerial chasing still evident. 13 June pusilla strilas were being inordinately abundant this year. Within the fact that they are displaying all over the Trygnita lake.