Maclean 1966 Little bur snow, in all directions, and hardly a sound to be heard. that whole arm of the ridge has hardly started coming out. Took some pictures, including a cocoon on the tumora, then drove over to bluffs by Elsan Lagoon. My faith was restored. Successive pairs of settled redbacks, but still scrapping over boundaries. Activity still suggestive of early June. Also a pair of Pectorals, with OT in good voice, and two white-rumps, probably a pair. Phalaropes were coming by - mostly seen in the air. And, a major event, Niko stumbled upon a turnstone nest with two eggs. And there was more: saw a pair of Spectacled Eiders fly by, pointed East. All in all, an encouraging afternoon. Also stopped to check red-fox den on Beach Ridge, w. of c. + g.s.. Definitely fresh since last year. A few scats and old ptarmigan feathers around. Then, as I looked down one entrance, fox ran out another 10 feet away and ran ca. 200 m. West down the ridge before stopping to watch. In the evening walked into town