Alaska field notes, v4439
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Remsen, J.V. 1972 Journal Baird's Sandpiper 15 Semipalmated Sandpiper 10 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 5 Red Phalarope 20 Pomarine Jaeger 6 Parasitic Jaeger 1 day Glaucous Gull 10 Arctic Tern 2 Snowy Owl 1 Lapland Longspur 25 (found nest in road bank at side) - Snow Bunting 6 (feeding young in nest). Hoary Redpoll 2 Lemmings: 5 Site 1 Predators: nothing new Longspurs: Male Snow Bunting viciously chased a Longspur 5 times. Time-activity 1440 - 1740 @ , 1915 - 2045 . Shorebirds: Pectoral booming activity has noticeably declined this week. Buff-breasted's extremely actively displaying w 2000- 4 birds "H" displaying and frequently chasing each other just south of Cave-eater. During one "H"-display, the bird receiving the attention walked around behind the displaying bird and attempted copulation. At least two more birds seen west of there on the banks of Voth Creek Migration: 2 Arctic Terns -> E along coast