M Verbeek 1966 Journal 77 14 Aug Another beautiful sunny day. I counted Chironomid larvae in the morning. In the afternoon I spent two hours in the field catching more chironomids. The rest of the time was spent counting larvae. Total catch in two days 3500. 15 Aug. The good weather could not last. Today we had a little bit of everything - sun, fog and snow flurries. At present, 22:15 the ground looks white. In the morning we went to the area between Wohlschlag Slough & Ikapuk Slough, where Tom set two lines of traps. Steve and I looked for feeding shorebirds but there were few present. Shore birds seem to stick closer to the Ocean shore it seems. It is there where we have been seeing most of the Pectorals and Red Phalaropes. We caught a few beetles and spiders and then we helped Tom to finish setting his line. The trap line site was very wet and we also had to clear the tracks three times. In the afternoon I spent one hour catching Chironomids and then I spent 3 more hours counting them (1650) giving a total of 5150. I tried to catch more of them in the evening but the cold weather must have made them crawl deep, for I caught only 50 in half an hour. 16 Aug Heavy fog, some snow, some sunshine Spend the morning inside counting Chironomids. A half hour before lunch I went to the Duna Area to catch