Alaska journal, v4433
Page 377
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Maclean 1969 Journal (5 June) around the Voth Area, still not enough an Village Ridge to sustain activity. Spend the evening getting it all down in the notes and processing the day's impressive haul of specimens. 10 June Barrow, Alaska Weather very warm again. Went our with F.A.P. and Hausee in the A.M.. Stopped at Britton's Area. Fewer birds than yesterday, the flocks having dispersed, but lots of activity. Frequent aerial displays of alpina, bairdii, pusilla. Sanderlings still there. Both red and last (least 1) Northern Phalaropes. Redpolls again very numerous - probably more so than longspurs. Moved up the road to Beach Ridge, so. of F.A.A.. there we saw first alpina nest-cup display of the year. Pectorals came by in a flock of ca. 6; I collected 277 and 187. Also collected a mauri for Norton. At this site saw both flocks and apparently territorial pairs of alpina and pusilla. We made predictions, backed by 6-packs of beer, of when the first sandpiper eggs would be dropped: Bjorn - Wednesday (tomorrow); Dave and