KILBUCK AND AHKLUN MOUNTAIN BIRDS 7 1 



unpublished). Snipes were seen 17-29 June 1985 at the Eek River 

 (M. Brown et al., unpublished). 



Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Rspm, Csr, Afm 

 (l6May-15 September). Specimens: RMS 1962/36/20, 

 RMSI962/36/I9, WFB872, and WFB873. 



Red-necked phalaropes nested throughout the study area and were 

 along the coast during spring and fall migration. Flocks of phalaropes were 

 seen in spring 1976 (20 May) when 24 birds were counted in Nanvak Bay 

 (this study) and in May 1 987 when flocks of up to 30 birds were at Chagvan 

 Bay (D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee, unpublished). In fall, small flocks 

 of migrating birds appeared along the coast beginning in mid-July. At 

 Nanvak Bay, a flock of 8 birds in basic plumage was noted on 13 July 1970; 

 flocks totaling 83 birds were seen on 28 July 1970; and in 1976, groups of 

 44 and 135 birds were noted on 27 July and 28 August, respectively. 

 Smaller flocks were seen most days during fall migration. Few birds were 

 observed in early September and none after 15 September. 



We found pairs of phalaropes at the Tuluksak River (DNW photo), the 

 Kisaralik River, Uanik Lakes (DNW photo). Cape Peirce, and the Togiak 

 River. MindeU (1983) found birds near Nyac, and Mindell (1983) and B. J. 

 McCaffery (personal communication) found birds at the Kisaralik River. 

 One to five birds were seen at the Eek River on 18-19 June 1985 (M. Brown 

 et al., unpublished). Three birds were seen by White and Boyce (1978) at 

 the Kanektok River in June 1977. P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald 

 (personal communication) suspected that phalaropes nested on Crooked 

 Island in June-July 1977, and D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee (unpub- 

 lished) suspected they nested at Chagvan Bay. One to four pairs nested each 

 year at the Tuluksak River, and birds nested in the upland tundra plain 

 around the upper Kisaralik River. We collected one female with a well 

 formed egg in her oviduct on 1 June 1962 at the Tuluksak River. We found 

 young on 26 June-27 July at the Tuluksak and Kisaralik rivers, and birds 

 were at those inland breeding areas until 9 August 1962. Along the coast 

 in summer as many as 40 adults used a group of small ponds near Uanik 

 Lakes. Birds used small ponds near Nanvak Bay beginning I6 May and were 

 seen there throughout the nesting season; two fully feathered young were 

 found on 5 July 1976. Birds were noted in marshy ponds at Chagvan Bay 

 in May 1987 (D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee, unpublished). 



Red phalarope ^Phalaropus fuUcarius). Uspm, VRsr?, Ufm 

 (16 May-19 September). Specimens: RMS 1974/ 11 9/21 and YD- 

 NWR(CRNWR 96). 



Red phalaropes migrated past Cape Peirce and Nanvak Bay each year 

 in spring (I6 May- 28 June), and molting flocks were there and in 



