Amerman, Kenneth 1963 September 11--Message arrived 0800 that Chief Giragosian due today 1100. Did one hundred Sooties 8:30 to 10:50. Giragosian arrived --1030. Ft. Detirck wants one hundred (100 adult sooty terns, 150 shearwaters. After lunch we made up boxes and changed labels from "shearwater" to "sooty terns". Collected the terns in the afternoon, with the aid of McConnaghy and Charly Hill. All the C. G. personnel are really cooperative. They go out of their way to help us. We had enough cartons but not enough waxed inserts or dividers. We made up some more dividers and used a triple thickness of matting to replace the inserts. We began collecting shearwaters about 8:15 p.m., again with Mac and Hill helping, as well as Cuthbert. With this gleeful crew we polished off the 150 in about one hour. The Chief and I then tied up the cartons. "secured" at 2300-- September 12--Chief Giragosian departed Sand Island at 1350, with the bird shipment of one hundred terns, 150 shearwaters. Just prior to his departure a message came in requesting an additional 150 shearwaters for Dugway P. G. He sent a message back (Capt. Reeves, Hawa Sea Fron) tht this was impossible since there are no more boxes here. Camera arrived today, along with letter from S. I., copies of progress reports. Two trunks arrived September 11. Two ammo boxes arrived Sept. 10. September 13--One hundred Sooty immatures. These are harder to catch than adults--t ey will not come near me. Fly away from me when put up, unlike adults. Using disgorged squid from captured adults as bait worked some. Brist