March 1967 Journal 16 June] over the Brooks Range landed in Fairbanks. temperature over 80° there, but no mosquitoes yet. Spent the rest of the day eating and shopping. 7 June Fairbanks to Barrow, Alaska Spent the morning at the Laboratory of Zoophysiology talking with Dr. George West about the possibilities of post-doc work on shorebird metabolism and energetics. The idea is to compliment work in progress on shorebird feeding and work, hopefully, to begin on insects to give an accurate picture of community interaction at the insect-shorebird level. We decided to concentrate on red-backs in the summer, probably birds netted in migration, and walk or golden Plovers year around to try to get as factors influencing timing and control of annual cycle events. This will require a winter colony of Plovers—the facilities are not enough to keep >1 species year around. The first step is to try to get some alpine and P.d. Down to Fairbanks this summer to see how they do in captivity. The day was again—hot! (86°F.) Did more shopping—spent our last