Amerman, Kenneth 1963 December 7--Slept in for once. Miserable weather spoiled the scheduled luau. It was held anyway, inside, and was still most pleasant and tasty. Roger banded thirty-six albatross along west beach North of dock while I worked on records, etc. Eighteen recoveries. December 8--Nasty weather continuing. Drenching showers and high winds all through day. Banded eighty-five albatross, with twenty-four new recoveries. December 9--Banded albatross all day in southern half of island--231 Laysans, 21 Black-feet. Thirteen Black-foot recoveries, twenty-nine Laysans. Banded Bonin Petrels in the evening, in and around shearwater Area A (north antenna field). Noticed about ten to twenty more Masked- boobies which we missed on December 6. Also, there were several unbanded Brown Boobies along the edge of the Scaevola and in a broad road or cut heading toward the west beach. Two Red-tailed Tropicbirds observed flying around in the afternoon. December 10--Spent the morning nailing the roof more firmly in place with eight to ten 2 by 4 feet. It had torn loose a little on Sunday with winds of only twenty to thirty knots: they reach 50 to 60 in winter. December [illegible]--Attempted to raise the north observation tower back in place without success, then tried to complete mapping vegetation plot No. 3. Rain prevented our finishing the last five foot square. Rain at night also prevented further banding and recovery efforts on boobies and Bonin Petrels.