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K. Ameman
1964
Eritrub Atoll, Marshall Islands
from these or do they cross the island ?
Finally, what happens to them now,
where do they go ? for how long ? Fascinating.
When removed from the water they continued
their frantic scrambling, little licks
of phenomenal energy.
Took in four moves in all this night,
to bed at 1 A.M. - This is a field trip ?
Fred would blanch + sputter.
Oct 26. Brian, George & Harry went in
to Aradojairan again, then to Arado-
Jairik while Roger, Phil & I journeyed
up to Jaborwa via the ship. We found
the usual species of plants, birds in
the usual numbers for this atoll.
The ship returned to Aradojairik
after lunch where we picked up the
other team who reported 40-50
Brown Booby nests and about 100
roosting Frigates on Aradojairik.
From the ship this island looks
just like all the others in size,
vegetation + shoreline. Why are these
birds here ?
We continued South, anchoring again
off Jaldoni. We split up again: Roger,
Phil & I visiting Jaldoni & Guo and
the others the remaining four of the cluster.