Journal 39 Holmes Marsh. At this pool was one Turnstone (scolding me), 9 Pectorals, 2 Semipalms and 2 Redbacks and Phalaropes. At the marsh itself I saw no birds, except about 6-10 Red Phalaropes. The high ground along the lagoon had a few shore birds: one pair of Golden Plovers (#3) and a Braid (#30). This is all I saw; the shore birds in the stretch from the triangular marker to the mouth of Wholschlag. Two parasitic Jaegers flew along the length of the coast and flocks of King Eider + some Common's flew low over the water toward Brant's Point, where the Eskimo's were waiting for them. Along Wholschlag Slough I found one Braid nest (#31) and I checked the Semipalms nest (#6). There were a few Phalaropes, two Redbacks, two Turnstones and 4 Golden Plovers. In the afternoon I decided to check the Golden Plover nest (#1) since it was the only one among the 15 we found so far of which we knew the age (had 3 eggs when we found it). I walked over the Dunn Area, along the S. shore of Honey Bucket to the mouth of Voth Slough and from there to near the bottom of Gas line Bridge along the gas line. Saw only one Pectoral on this trip, namely at Gasline Ridge. The plover eggs had hatched, with two downies - the nest and one outside (could not find the fourth); so the trip paid off. On my way back a large shorebird flushed while I was bent over looking at the flowers of Caltha palustris. I also collected Saxifraga cespitosa, Hieraciphila ad punctata. Tom came to get me at Gasline Ridge, after he finished setting two lines of traps in Central Marsh. There were no mosquitoes today, but I saw the same Crane fly activity as yesterday.