AM Verbeek 1966 Calidris melanotos (4) Yesterday I did not see any Peetralb. It seems that the 30th of June birds were part of a wave which only stayed around a few days and moved on again. Hiked across Central Marsh from the Old CREEK road to the Beach Ridge and saw respectively group of 2, 4, 3 and 2 Peetralb for a total of 12 birds. Saw a flock of about 45 birds at 21:30 S. of the CREEK Calm. The birds were sleeping, standing behind hummocks and facing the wind. The group obtained the size of 45 as more and more smaller groups settled near the birds that were already on the ground. 5 July A flock of 9 and a flock of 7 E. and S. of South Salt Lagoon respectively. They were not feeding, just standing around. Did not see any birds in the afternoon in the Meadows N. of Beach Ridge and E. of North Salt Lagoon. 6 July. Only small groups of Peetralb moved over P's plot. About 200 m. N. of the fork in the road in the Lake Estuary a female Peetral began flying around me in a nervous manner. After breaking away for some room she kept coming back to the same spot - the meadow. On my second trial in going to this spot I found two downy young, huddled together. They were at least about 2 days old. 9 July Not seen all day 11 July A large scattered flock (±50 birds) on the W. side of Gasoline Ridge. I could not get much info on sex because of the sun which stood low at the horizon (21:30). One small flock of 12 birds consisted of 6's only. The birds were feeding from the