Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Journal over a very wide area and these areas overlap greatly. Little antagonism (or at least only sporadic at best) is shown between males. There may be some polygamy on JBP site 1. The male attending both nests 6 and 2 is color banded SY-RY. He drives away other males from both nest sites. There is a possibility that one may be SW-RY - has to be double- checked. Males will chase away other males when close to the & Longspur seen to chase away a Hoary nest, but not always. Redpoll as soon as it landed near him. Shorebirds: ♀ Curlew Sandpiper at Nest 1 returned to her nest after about 5 minutes of hesitation when camera and alarm clock placed at the nest. Dr. Pitelka saw two male Curlews give a territorial dispute display consisting of jumping up in the air next to each other - similar to Buff-breasted display. This is really beautiful because it makes the picture more certain that the Curlew is the evolutionary transition between the social systems of Pectoral and Buff-breasted. Dr. Pitelka also observed a Pectoral attempt to supplant a Curlew from a mound, but retreated when the Curlew flashed his wings - raised it up like a Baird's. Pectoral Sandpiper seen to chase a Semipalmated for 10 seconds, Migration: 2 loons heard overhead. 3 Whistling Swans flushed from near trapline III and they eventually headed west. 1 Western Sandpiper at Vagrant Pond.