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Fig. 15. Long-billed dowitchers feeding at Goodnews Spit, 23 July 1974. Photo 

 by D. N. Weir. 



to nest at Crooked Island (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, personal 

 communication) . 



Along the coast, snipes displayed over the marsh adjacent to Nanvak 

 Bay as early as 28 April (28 April-22 June), and just-fledged young were 

 there in early August; no snipes were seen there after 5 September 1973. 

 Displaying males were first noted at Chagvan Bay on 24 May 1987 (D. F. 

 Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee, unpublished), and birds were present on 

 Crooked Island in June-July 1977 (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, 

 personal communication). Inland at the Tuluksak River, birds displayed 

 until late July; an early brood was just flying on 19 June 1983; partially 

 feathered young were found between 10 and 1 5 July; and most birds gone 

 from the area by 20 August. However, an exhausted migrant was seen 

 there on 21 September 1977. At the Kisaralik River, snipes were present 

 on 12-13 and 25-26 August 1985 (M. Brown et al., unpublished) and 

 present at the Kwethluk River on 12-17 July 1985 (M. Brown et al., 



