Maclea 1964 Journal 13 After lunch, went out to take data and photographs. Damn camera screws up again! Helped Steve check live plots, then walked in. In the evening Richard T. Holmes, Ph.D., presents an exciting, informative, and dynamic seminar on the (breeding) ecology of shorebirds. Too late to go out, so washed clothes and wrote another letter. 2 July Barrow, Alaska Spent morning observing feeding behavior, then received instructions for remainder of season from Pitelka and Holmes. Went out into fields again, and returned just as the good doctors were departing. Midges were out in force today, and adult insects of several sorts are very much in evidence on the tundra surface. Shorebirds are now very clearly feeding on surface organisms. Evening was spent in cleaning and reorganizing lab, and straightening out specimen situation. 3 July Barrow, Alaska Put up Rose's Gull and skulking Ivory Gull, then to the fields. Collected feeding observations on W. Beach Ridge, to Voith Creek. Found Red-back nest in process