AM Verbeek 1966 Journal 5 feeding habits. It seems to me Bairds walks over snow more than Red backs do. After lunch, while Pitelka went to Mead River to see Paul, Steve and I went by wessel to Voth Slough and Cake Eater area to get some more feeding data. There was an invasion of Red backs - a flock of 17 and some separate pairs, all together about 30 birds on the exposed areas at Voth Slough near where it enters the lake. These birds have recently moved in - within last day and were moving about - a loose flock. Within the flock there was some chasing. It may be that these were birds that have been here a few days. At Cake Eater I again noticed a flock of about 12 Red Backs flying around. There were also several pairs feeding. When disturbed by me, the birds would fly off and they were then after joined by others and after some soaring back and forth they would settle again. There was one single Baird Sandpiper. No other shorebirds around. Longspurs were as dense as yesterday and they were very quiet. After supper the three of us went out to the Voth area where Pitelka & Maclean took some core samples. I got 3 more feeding observations. The movement of more Red backs into the area continued this day. There was a flock of some 40 birds. I also saw a pair of Semipalmated and a Peotoral flew over. We had the same cold E wind as yesterday and there was this little snow melt today.