Maclise 1968 Journal 15 June) of the vegetation. Standing water goes around the bases of the vegetation. the problem - I have been describing shorebird feeding events under these circumstances as pond edge. To allow for these I must treat PE as a special category, modifying topography, and recope PE situations to compare frequency of occurrence with utilization of such. I think this can be done without much loss of information from previous transects. By the time I had this issue resolved and had made 2 trips up all of lines III & IV the afternoon was shot. After dinner Pete and I went out again to III & IV, then I & II. Sloshed across the S. end of Central Marsh - this was almost a mistake. Stopped to take 500 samples and shoot 5 pectorals, then on to complete the transects. Finally finished the job at 1:30 A.M. Back to the lab to put the new 500 samples in the extractor, then fell into bed. the phalaropes and pectorals appear ready to take advantage of the appearance of suitable nesting habitat. Saw each of these along most of the lines today, including a large flock of each where we took 500 samples in Central Marsh. the two 88 pectoral collected today weigh <100g., the noisiest shorebird, however, is still C. bardii. St Eoicularis - Gasline Ridge.