Amerman, Kenneth 1963 August 31 Banded 200 Sooty Terns. Semi-palmated plover still at same spot. Two fairy Terns flew over twice. One Frigate chick (F2) dead in bad condition. Shorebirds-- 5 + Golden Plover, 20 - 30 Burnstone. 2 Tattlers. September 1 Banded 300 Sooty Terns. I estimate 5-6000, perhaps up to 10,000 at night. Between 1 and 2000 in daytime (?) Definite change in Shearwater behavior since chicks are out. Formerly, one adult in burrow around 7 p.m. Now, none present until dusk: (between 7:30 and 8 p.m.). I have not seen them enter burrows to feed chicks. Six chicks, one unhatched egg, in ten marked nests. Semi-plover still there. Will try to collect it tomorrow. September 2--Semi-palmated plover appears to have gone. September 3--Banded 300 Sooties. Three Fairy Terns flew over several times in the morning. Almost succeeded in calling them down close enough to net. Shearwaters leave around dawn, nearly all have gone by 7:30 a.m. Some are in the burrows at this time. They apparently continue to moan all night, right up to the time they leave in the morning. One ruddy turnstone was found in the mist net this morning, in bad shape. Both wings rubbed raw. I let it go and found it dead later. Several of the sailors reported what must have been a Bristle-thighed Curlew today. I did not see it. Other shorebirds--one flock of 15 Turnstone, 7 - 10 plover, 1-2 tattlers.