Amerman, Kenneth --Oahu 1963 19 October 25--Popoia Island Fleet, King and myself waded to Popoia from Alala point, --1200 feet offshore. Island is approximately 625 feet by 375 feet. Maximum elevation equals 10 feet (est.). Island is eroded volcanic rock nearly covered by vegetation. Many natural cavities in the rock are utilized as burrows. Thick mats of Portulaca sp. covered about 2/5 of the island. Other main vegetation included unidentified shrubs of two types, one high and one low. No Scaevola was found. This was the most heavily populated island visited so far. Seventy Wedge-tail nestlings were found in the 2/3 of the island which was investigated. There are probably about fifty to seventy more present. A flock of thirty to forty shorebirds was also present, including plovers (10 est.), turnstone (20 to 30) and tattlers (6). As we were leaving the island around 6 p.m. we noticed shearwaters returning for the first time. October 26--Mt. Kaala, Oahu Mike Ord, president of Hawaii Audubon Society, picked up Warren King and me around 9:30 a.m. We attempted to drive up to the puamoho trail but were turned back because of Army maneuvers in the area (live fire exercises). Mike commented that the military seem invariably to choose to overrun areas where the Drepanids seem to be holding their own. As a result, we went about 3000 feet up Mt. Kaala, 2000 feet walking. Even though this was on a new road built for a tracking station, it was very tiring. We managed to see several birds, though none were very abundant, probably due to the recent activity in building the road.