Journal R.E. Johnson 1968 July 3 Anchorage Island, Alaska (cont.) found in the mths (nest of June 30). There I was fairly close to the nests during several feedings & couldn't hear the young chirp at all. When handled the young responded exactly as did the young longspurs. On the other hand the ♀ appears to be much longspur less wary than Water Pipits (also groundnesters) did watch at nests in Montana. Both species look about before flying toward the nest & both make several short flights (following a longer flight from where they were feeding) here & there before entering the nest; however the pipit spends more were time looking while standing motionless & it rarely makes the final approach on a direct flight to the nest but rather lands some distance away & sneaks (walking) in via a torturous route in & around concealing grass clumps, etc. On the other hand it is much more obvious that a ♀ pipit is on her way to the nest because they usually carry fairly large food items (caterpillar, butterfly) in their thin bills & these may be easily observed even in flight. Food is rarely noticeable in the bill of a Lapland Longspur. Nests are usually well hidden by grass or Angelica while eggs are in the nest and a person could stand looking directly at the nest & not notice it or once having been told of the exact location may still not see it without 1st parting the vegetation. However once there are nestlings in the