Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Curlew Sandpiper 10 July 1030-1145: checked Village Ridge nests: N4: 4 eggs N7: 4 eggs N6: gone but captured young 40 yds to SW of nest; banded and weighed: 7.4, 8.2, 7.9, 7.6 grams. (308) (307) (306) (309) 115- Nest camera placed on N4 (drilla-drilla of FAP) 1130 N6 ♀ not only gave the "sheeoo, wheeoo" call of the male but almost completed full display song. - after the wheeoo-wheeoo came a couple of mechanical notes and then one of the ascending whistles of the male, but softer. This seemed to be a response to indicate extreme agitation or perhaps an extension or intensification of the gathering call for the young. However, in Voth Slough at 1150, a lone ♀ was flushed and she continued 100 ft up in the air for maybe 300 yds and then gave a "whee-ooo-wheeo--" followed by an ascending whistle (all less loud and crisp than a male). Jeff Myll banded 3 young on the east side of Voth Slough between sites 2,4. Mike Fitzgerald also saw a brood of at least 3 unbanded young in the southern tip of Voth Slough before it bends SE; also two lone females together in Voth Slough. Thus there are at least two broods which we did not discover in the nest.