Macheten 1968 Journal (28 May) took a little while to set the recorder up and remind myself of its operation, then drove up to Eagle Summit ca. 8:30 A.M. Started searching Puzzlement Hill for birds, with no success. Started out the ridge running North and found myself in a freak storm - wind and hail, then rain. Had to scramble down to the road and back to the truck to keep the equipment from getting wet. Went back to the camp to eat, curse, and wait it out. The storm cleared and I went out again, but now the wind was too great. So I got skunked for recordings. Didn't matter - walked much of the rest of the day and never heard Surfbird Display. I would like to have recorded at least the alarm note to compare with Bairdii, tho. Went out with malice and shotgun and shot the first (and only) pair of surfbirds I encountered. Spent the rest of the afternoon and part of the evening walking and looking for these and other shorebirds. Saw many golden plovers and bairds, and a number of buff-breasts, but that was all. Returned for a late dinner, then worked until 2:00 A.M. putting up the pair of surfbirds. Today I saw, for the second time, the tail-pulling precopulatory behavior of larges pums. Also saw PP carrying nesting material.