Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Journal Dunlin 10 - one-display heard Curlew Sandpiper 4 (s.a) Pectoral Sandpiper 10 Baird's Sandpiper 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Red Phalarope 20 ♀♂ Pomarine Jaeger 8 Parasitic Jaeger 1 daw Long-tailed Jaeger 5 Glaucous Gull 20 - sitting on tundra Snowy Owl 3 Lapland Longspur 15 - banded fledglings seen w. edge Snow Bunting 10 - Site 1 (from the nest near there) Lemmings: 5 Site 1 Predators: Pair of Pomarine Jaegers harassed and drove out a ♀ Snowy Owl for ΒΌ mile away from the southern end of Voth Slough-Village Ridge; yet we are fairly sure there is no nest in that vicinity now - there was one at one time but it must have failed. Longspurs: Feeding records 0915-1030, 1115-1200 - very unsuccessful (one record) - only one bird on the entire JBP plot. Feeding records again from 1440-1600, but again no birds and so did time-activity Myll found living injured longspur at Site 2 under from 1500-1545. telephone wires - 79-84830 Shorebirds. One Dunlin still displaying. Both American Golden Plover nests still had 4 eggs and no cracks and