Amerman, Kenneth 1963 November 20--Third day of trapping. 143 captures, one of them a triple again. The weather was much more cooperative today. Very little breeze. We finished about 2:30 and then decided to put metal tags on the end stakes. Finished only the "one" end before time to reset the traps. Took in the movie for a change--very good, too, surprisingly. I took a walk up to the south point after supper and found the first Laysan with an egg, just behind a Scaevola clump off the runway at the south end (east side). This was the first time since Staurday I had been along the beach. Many black-feet have eggs now and the whole picture has changed. Most of the individuals remain sitting, even those not on eggs. November 21--Bill and I finished trapping in good time, before lunch and hauled the traps back to be cleaned. Jim's thumb has been acting up again so he has elected to go to Midway with Bill to get the house over. Just as they were getting ready word arrived that there would be no plane! The prospect of not being able to get the ticks out caused no end of muttering and rumbling. Bill fired off a message to KebSchull explaining the situation, to the effect that the ticks had to get out on the Friday log flight to meet personal pickup (by Bushman, who talked to Jim on the ham gear in the morning) in Honolulu. Whether this had any effect we of course don't know, but we got a plane at 5 p.m. November 22--Rain and high wind most of day prevented working out of doors. Of course the station was buzzing over the shocking news of the President's assassination. Fiddled around most of day discussing this and listening to news. Could not find Jim's birds from Midway in the refrig.