Journal Sullivan, Barrow, Alaska Both Area and set snap trap lines. I spotted a pintail nest with 5 eggs, and Holmer located a red phalarope nest with 4 eggs. A pictural sandpiper was displaying quite close to the trap lines. At least two sanderlings flew by (see species account). June 18 Checked snap trap lines III A + III B from 0750-0800. Captured 1 & red backed sandpiper, a semipalmated, and a longspur. Also located a longspur nest (with 6 eggs); the & was on the nest, and flew off when I approached. 0900-1000 checked live traps - no capture. Strong gusts of wind blowing (25 mph). A third of the traps had been blown over and were reset. Shot a red backed sandpiper for Holmer's molt study. The egg-laying & in the snap trap had 3 pin feathers coming in. Pitka, 1955 report on Lemming Ecology - hints that substances (presumably essential nutrients) may be tied up in fecal pellets. Their cycles in population numbers. What about coprophagy? Has this been tested? 1800-1930 Holmer and I checked lines III A + III B. 2 Lemmings captured in III B. 2000-2200 read Thompson's 1965 paper on lemming ecology.