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Lyons 1939
Frigat Bird pg b
June 26 - P.M. - Wake
feet after fall checked. About 100 (Flying)
adults in one group seen did
not come down very close when
I investigated the young. Not
a single one seen chasing a
booby or boin bird while I was
on Wake. A big variation in
plunge phase - all black rusty
Mottled breasts, white breasts from
a little white on breast to white
from anal region to and including
head & neck.
Jne 29 - 4 P.M. Wilker - See Blue faced booby
uly 18 - Haven't seen a frigate steal a
fish yet - Wake, A.M. east end
(25)
of young about one out of down
stage, the one was still helpless
parent stayed till I was within 15 ft.
all black
(a mullet) deep, six to twelve inches.
2 birds were hooked securely (not purposely)
and brought into the launch one remained in
air all time, pulled out line. Bird prepared by Harry Sweetser