NAM Verbeek 1966 Sterna paradisaea 14 June While Steve and I were on the west side of Elson lagoon mouth of Wohlschlag, we saw two birds fly over. Later on, we saw two more over Pitelka's Plot. 16 June Saw one bird flying NE along the shore. 22 June One bird flew along the shore over the open water of Ikoravik 30 June One single bird flew S. along Pitelka's Plot. 5 July One single bird over S. Salt Lagoon 10 July Four birds N. of Airport along the lagoon. 18 July One bird over Wohlschlag Slough at 22:30. 25 July At Meade River I saw several times. At one point the birds were dive bombing Tom Custer, which probably meant that they had young nearby. 23 Aug Seven birds flew over camp at Barrow. 16 Aug 22 birds over the Drum Area. 17 Aug Several hundred birds, adults and immatures were brusly feeding in the waters on both sides of the spit of sand leading to Point Barrow. 22 Aug At Meade River, Paul and I saw one immature bird and 3 adults. The immature still lacked the long external tail feathers. It also begged for food. 23 Aug Back at Barrow, I noticed a flock of 28 birds flying high over our laboratory. 27 Aug Terms keep flying back and forth over the barz. They are usually a group of 5 to 20 birds. Both immatures and adults flock together. 3 Sept It looks like these birds have pulled out of this area. At the Point there were perhaps 50 birds left.