A H Verbeek 1966 Journal 11 till it observed the sun at about 16:45. I hiked from our lab cross country to the Beach Bridge and walked around Central marsh including Pitelka's Plo*. There were few birds except for Longspurs. On the whole length of the Beach Bridge I saw 1 pair of Red Backs, 2 pairs of Barids, 1 Golden Plover, one single Barid and one pair of Semijals. The North West part of the Beach Bridge appears to be dry for Shore bird. It is possible that dryness means absence of insects or perhaps it means that shore birds have a hard time getting their beaks in the ground. In spite of the beautiful day there was very little display flying today. In fact I think there was even less "singing" than yesterday which was weather wise a good day. The only bird I heard display flying were the Barid and the Semijal and the Golden Plover. The birds are aggressive when intruders move in on their territories, but they do not advertise their presence by display flying. Could it be that because of the bad weather the birds are in poorer physical shape? With the females on the nests (I saw only single males, territorial, and behaving such that females were on the nest) it looks like the males are through for the year (through with singing-that is). Saw the first Ranunculus nivealis in bloom today. 13-June Once again a beautiful sunny day with a cool wind from the south. In the morning I hiked over to the Britton's Area to collect feeding observations. I found a dead quill there (3 yrs old) It probably died last year and remained preserved under the snow.