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Amerman, Kenneth
1964
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February 11 - Three new eggs, on islet.
February 12 - Fourth egg on islet. Total 8.
February 13 - Six eggs now on islet. Total 12
February 17 - 22 " " " , eight on dock.
February 20 - 18? " " " , fifteen on dock.
February 22 - 32 " " " , nineteen " "
February 25 - ~30 birds on dock, 50+ on islet during morning.
February 27 - Thirty-three eggs on islet, twenty-four on dock. Many
old ones missing however, perhaps due to high winds. Three eggs on north pt.
February 28 - Estimate population 300, half on dock and half on islet.
February 29 - Sixty eggs on islet, twenty-nine on dock, nine on N pt.
March 3 - First chick, from egg laid on dock Feb. 1 - thirty-one
days incubation. Eggs Area B - 12 and 55
Dock 28
E point 2 (new)
N point 21 (new nest)
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March 4 - Second chick on dock. One egg on the soil near the
edge of the rocks on the north shore, by the red-foot nest. Two more
on the north peninsula.
March 5 - Seventy-seven eggs on south side of islet for first time.
Two eggs on east point gone, probably broken by waves. Eggs continue
to be laid at three areas on the islet, and on the north shore and
north peninsula dn dock. Over 150 eggs now present.
March 12 - Seventeen eggs lost, most of them in the forward area
on the west shore of the islet, probably due to high wind and tid in storm
of March 10.
March 14 - Sixty-nine of 155 eggs lost due to very high tides. Most