Maclsa 1966 Virtually the entire area is under water, the'. In walking up P's Plot saw copulating golden plovers around stake 14, on East side. Also saw frequent large bumblebees today - have to break our Hurd's net if the weather holds. Returned to the lab to find that Paul De Benedicts had come in from the Meds during the afternoon. They had sent a plane for him yesterday but he was in the field and didn't bothered to come in when he heard it land! Anyway - got to find out about that operation. No big surprises as he describes it. The birds are not as dense as I had hoped, but there are enough to work with. As we had expected, habitat distribution is more distinct than at Barrow. I'll reserve further comment until I've been there. After Dinner drove out to Beach Ridge with Paul and Nikon colb, windy weather. Not much activity at all. Walked from road crossing to Micro-ner and back. Saw 2 or pictorals North of ridge, and a few