AM Verbeek 1966 Journal 26 dam. There were two pair of Turnstone, about 750 m south of Pitelka's plot. On my way back to the weasel we picked up one Chalange nest and two Golden flowers nests, all with 4 eggs. This morning was the first day I noticed flying insects, beside Bumble bees - I was stung twice by Mosquito's. In the afternoon I saw Snow buntings behaving as if they were hawk-ing insects among a pile of drums. In the afternoon I again walked the Drum Area, where I found 3 more Baird nests. Bairds are either easy to find or they are our most common nesting shore bird this year. On our arrival Semi jabs were much more common. There are more Semi jabs on the Drum Area than I can account for in the way of nests. Semi jal males tend to be more watchful and this combined with the fact that the birds are small allows the female to walk off the nest without being noticed. Collected Ramunculus pygmaeus and Potentilla emarginata today. 30 June Misty morning till about 10:00, then clear with periods of fog starting at 14:00. Mild day. Censused Pitelka's plot in the morning from 08:30 to 11:45. Note worthy were the numerous small flocks of primarily O petrals. Saw only two birds that could scarcely be called females. The birds feed in the marsh and rest on the ridge. In the afternoon the form of us went to the Miro. Met insect trap and from there I went further on foot straight south along North & South Meadows back to the middle of Gas Mine Bridge. This stretch of my walk revealed one Red Back, one Stetter's