M Verbeek 1966 Calidris bandi (q). After shooting the bird I watched the chicks for another hour. During this time no other adult showed up. From where I was sitting 40-50 m. I could hear the young peep. After half an hour, 21:40, the young stopped peeping and when I went over to the spot at 22:00 the three young were death. Air temperature at the ABB thermometer (near front door of office) was 42°F. Ground temperature must have been lower. This particular male I shot was not fat at all, except for some between the clavicles. While I was watching the chicks this afternoon I also kept an eye on #17. At one time I noticed two adults feeding together some worm from the nest. They flew up together, once, and landed again. After some more feeding one bird flew to the nest, the other flew away and I did not see it again. I watched this nest for two hours. Found #14 had hatched, one dead young in nest. #25, which I watched for three hours yesterday, had 3 day young and one wet one at 22:30 The Baird Sandpiper which Steve shot - Company of three chicks turned out to be a male. Two other birds, which he thought were associated with young (the latter were not found) turned out to be a male and female. In the afternoon I intended to shoot the incubating bird of Nest 17, but found the nest deserted. Nest 26 was robbed of its eggs. At Meade River, one bird on the census plot. 20 July 30 July