M. Johnston 1948 Sand Pipers 14 Aug. Holkham Bay - Alaska Shore East of Duck Creek. Here the shore slopes down at its normal angle 15° from horizontal. canfers spruce + hemlock Elymus mollus grass like wild wheat. stoney beach. barnacle + fucus zone In the barnacle fucus zone a small sand piper size shore bird is moving about, picking at the rocks on the beach presumably feeding on the sand fleas & bugs. There are five ma scattered group. Some are merely standing still either facing the shore or the beach! Oc- cassionally one will take a few steps - stand - then raise its hinder part in an upward bob. Back is all gray-brown - belly white. White extends up in front of wing modestic.