Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Curlew Sandpiper report from Mike Fitzgerald : 1000: ♀ E. side Voth Slough due E of Cross - Same place as previous evenings 1020 - ♀ N. border of Voth Slough at latitude of Site 2 15 July 0930 - Two ♀♀ in same area about 200 yds SSE of Cross. on west side of Voth Creek. Caught one young from each parent - may have been the only young left in either brood. - 316. 26.7 grams - 309 19.2 grams (recapture) The females were seen to harass and chase (but not as closely or fiercely as a Turnstone does) one of each of the three species of jaegers - 1030 - One ♀ with at least 3 young on w. side of ther ditch 3756 yds . SE of N7 (paced). - 317 7.6 g - 318 8.1 g - 319 8.2 g Thus they probably hadn't been out of the nest more than a day and may have come from the N7 1045 - Another ♀ acting as if it had chicks in the area about 150 yds SE of N7 1100 - N7 empty 16 July 1430 - 1 ♀ acting as if brood close by was seen by Fred Cole, Roy Peterson and myself on ridges to west of Footprint Lane so far south that it could not have come