Maclsa 1968 Journal 21 May) never went down so we tried to occupy ourselves cutting and splitting wood and redoing. Heard (I think - if fit Weeden's description) a wanderip tattler passing the cabin. Saw, for the first definite identification, a savannah sparrow today - I've been reasonably sure of the call earlier. 22 May Eagle Creek, Alaska Awoke to find 2" of fresh snow on the ground. Decided to write this day off for productive field work. Pitched my tent next to the cabin to see how it stood up, then piled in the truck and drove to Fairbanks - arriving just after 8:00 a.m.. On the way in saw a number of new birds: pine grosbeak, spruce grouse, red-necked grebe, surf- scoters, horned grebes. In Fairbanks talked with Bob Weeden and John thebire - U.B.C. graduate student working on ptarmigan. Got some 20 ga. shotgun shells and called Max Brawer to have the Uber tape recorder and parabolic reflector sent down from Barrow. Some other errands and we were back on the road. About mile 30 saw a flock of 7 baird seropipers by the road feeding in a flooded gravel pit. About mile 32 found a surf bird along the road. The bird was very tame, allowing Jerry and Sandy to get a good look at the beast.