Alaska field notes, v4468
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Jonich 1953 Anthus spinoletta May 19 Point Barrow, Alaska - about 150' away. Then it moved S.W. along the back of the base, foraging here and there on exposed ground. May 20 This bird or another at 3:15 p.m. was feeding with several each of snow buntings and longspurs near the supply piles where the Village Road leaves the base. When I fired at longspurs this bird flew alone about 100' to a stack of heavy timbers and perched, frozen, about 10' above ground on a flat surface. I came up 30' away before it flew. Having no light shot I did not attempt to collect the bird. At 6:15 p.m. I saw this or another about 200 yards S.E. in the open scraped area. A little later I shot one where the village road leaves the base and about 20 minutes later another was at the same place (#2501). May 21 One in morning at Village Road and an other south of base along bird trap line. These birds maintain their isolation from each other though at times they may associate, as they do with other kinds of foraging birds. I have heard no sounds from them.