Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Journal female for over 50 yards; I had flushed her from her nest a few minutes before. Shorebird courtship: 4 male Pectorals seen chasing one female. A male Pectoral was observed to chase repeatedly both members of a pair of Semipalmated Sps. Migration: 2 Arctic Terns moving E along coast. NARL, Barrow, Alaska South Meadow Lake 19 June Locations: IBP site I, IBP bird transect, walk site I to Gaswell X Village Rd pond Times: 1200-1430, 2130-0100 Wind: 0-15 mph Temp: 40 Sky: overcast Species: Yellow-billed Loon 1 → E Arctic Loon 2 (S. Meadow Lake) Loon (sp) 2 Pintail 20 Oldsquaw 5 Steller's Eider 6 Am Golden Plover 4 Ruddy Turnstone 7 Dunlin 15 Pectoral Sandpiper 25 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 n. of IBP I Baird's Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 20 Sanderling 1 (G×VRd pond) 17