Alaska field notes, v4469
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JAM Verbeek 1966 Calidris canutus (a) call and the ooo-eee song. 20 June Noticed a single bird feeding at 20:45 in the Drum Area. At one point a Baridi got too close to the Knot and the latter made a few steps toward the Baridi in an aggressive way. After about 10 minutes observation the Knot flew away and when I followed him I noticed there was a second bird in the air. They both took off. 22 June. Saw one bird about ½ of a mile by the Voth slough (from its months) feeding in company of two Golden Plovers. 1 July Two birds, calling knot-knot, flying over Drum Area and landing there at 21:30, across from Telephone pole 22. 13 July Found one bird in attendance of four small downy young at 20:21 on the Drum Area near the gas line about 100 m. N. of the point where it decides to go to the Dew line Site. When I returned 25 minutes later the young had moved ± 30 m. Took Tom Austin out to verify the record and also took 10 pictures of the adult and clownies. After a cup of tea I went back again and collected one downy at 22:30. The downies had moved some 45 m from where I left them after our photography. Looking back over my notes, it looks like I saw the bird in the same place on 19 June. Strange I did not see a Knot between 1 July and to-day. Characterized the spot where I saw the young on my three observation times. m 485 w? f sat 3/6A 3/2 m 486 w? lp W 3/6A 1/1 m 487 w? lo W 3/6A 3/2