NAM Verbeek. 1966 Calcanius lapponius (1) June 3 Away from the buildings, out on the newly exposed patches of tundra I saw my first hayland longspurs. Brightly colored birds with yellow beaks and much chestnut. Most birds seemed to be paired, although there were some single males. Some males went thru the flight display. June 4. One more day of thawing has doubled the exposed patches of tundra and there were clearly more longspurs around today. June 5. Observed one pair of birds - B a q, feeding on an exposed land. They seek food of the ground like most seed eating birds but these two birds also hacked freely - to the ground and they flicked their heads side ways so that small pieces of dirt were flying left and right. June 6. Longspurs were actively engaged in chasing today. I noted two males, one of which was an intruder being persued for a full 4 minutes. Wherever this stranger landed the owner of the territory would move closer in a sneaky crouched manner with be launched back. When their wild flight they hoped to enter a third territory, the owner of this territory joined the chase. 7 June Found a partially completed nests. The female struck close to the area; flying around me. She was perfectly silent all the time (Nest on Beach Bridge). 9 June. Found one nest, partially lined with small feathers. The birds kept nearby and acted excited. On the Honey Bucket side of the road I found an other nest which appeared completed, but no eggs yet. Also, the owners of the nest were not around. Again.