Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Curlew Sandpiper even a hefty male. In flight, she was followed by three Pectorals which were part of the new flux of (?) young birds - When she displaced a male Pectoral, they bo-red heads at each other head on, and she charged him and he flew. 28 June 0730-0915 - F.A.P. and myself searched in vain for nests of possible 7th and 8th females. No males at all were detected despite no wind -- we were convinced that they had departed. 6 July 0913 - Placed nest camera on N1 - 4 eggs, still. Female had radically changed in her attitude towards intruders from 25 June - amazingly tame. She returned to within 30 feet of the nest, circled Terry Hall a few times, and sat down and began incubating within 5 minutes. Terry snapped a picture and she flushed but again returned within a couple of minutes - He, myself, and Larry Goldstein just couldn't believe it - we even temporarily forgot about the huge swarms of mosquitoes. 7 July Jeff Myll found a nest/4e on Gasline Ridge where we had suspected nesting earlier. The nest was on the JBP Bird Transect. 8 July 2230 - Placed nest camera on Gasline Ridge nest (N7); bird did not return before we left 2330 - No eggs in N1. Removed camera. No birds in sight 9 July 1030 - F.A. Pitelka and myself found what was almost certainly the Curlew ♀ from N1 attending at least 2 chicks about 225 yds. W.E. of Village Ridge on the