JOURNAL NAKL, N. Slope Borough, Alaska 24 June (cont'd) shifted, particularly in the area where Brian McCaffrey is tracking 8" on Grid 4p. 1. See tracking data. Otherwise the grids are dead, look for melanoto and for other shorebirds 1630-1900 tracked 8 melanoto on Grid 1. See Species account Today was quite a cold day, with the temperature remaining below 0°C throughout. Snowflurries fell all day, and the tundra ponds had thin sheets of ice over them, until mid-morning. 25 JUNE Tracked melanoto 0755-1200. Cold, blustery and snowy day on Grid 1: ~30°F, E wind 10mph, 100% clouds with intermittent snow, sometimes interfering with work. The grids are dying, with activity dropping to new lows - I suspect that some of our 8 melanoto are even leaving already. See melanoto sp account. Display activity in other species is also dwindling. I heard no alpine display today. There was one fluting pustilla display. No Puviale, song either. However Phalaropus fulicarius remains paired in many local ponds, and the Polyticta continue to fight with one another. pm - 1600 van T3 and collected two used sticky boards. More snow, but the wind was warmer. Melanoto activity picked up somewhat. 26 JUNE Sampled transects 6-10. Weather pleasant - 32° at 0700, light E wind, scattered cloids. Nothing startling in the sampling, with totals normal and activity levels declining in all species. Saw the first flocks of migrating 8 melanoto today. I am perplexed, however, by the absence of any sign of movement in 8 Phalaropus fulicarius. 27 JUNE Good weather at last! 0600 33°, sunny, no wind. McCaffrey +I went out at 0630 to photograph: a C. baillii on its nest - one of those incredibly tame individuals made for taking pictures. Returned to lab at 0800 to help shepherd Pitkela to the airport - he is headed south today. At 1100 Brian and I went out again, this time to dabble with melanoto: we took a clutch from a banded 8 and also tracked 8". See melanoto sp account.