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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Journal
Pectoral Sandpiper 20
Baird's Sandpiper 4 N/4e
Semipalmated Sandpiper 15 - found N/2ely
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 6
Red Phalarope 350 - 300 in air at once ground
S Meadow Lque found N/4e
Pomarine Jaeger 6
Parasitic Jaeger 1 day
Glaucous Gull 30
Snowy Owl 1
Lapland Longspur 25
Snow Bunting 6
Lemmings: none
Predators: nothing new
Shorebirds: 5-6 Buffies together on south banks of
Voth Creek at site 1 - one wing-flash and several chases
were all the activity noted. They were all within a
small area - maybe 100 x 100 ft - for several
minutes before 2-bird chases broke things up.
Migration: 1 loon → S. 300 Red Phalaropes in
air at once in ~5 big flocks over S. Meadow Lque.
20 Golden Plovers in 2 flocks grazing on gasoline ridge,
100 Oldsquaws together on water near "top-of-the-world"
bridge; 70 → E in V-flock over Drum area at 2400
Longspurs: checked JBP nests 1530-1700. Weighed and banded
Drum nests 2330-2430, plus changed film speed.