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1965
SIC#8
for Cook Island in rubber raft.
We banded 1800 Hawaiian Noddy
nestlings (X-banded 630).
Population Survey - Cook Island:
Hawaiian Noddy eggs 1000
nestlings 5000
Fairy Tern eggs/Nestlings - 500 pairs.
Sooty Tern whole island covered 100000??
Blue Grey Noddy, Wandering Tattles,
TSTC; Phoenix D. Potoo; Christmas Ia. Shown but
seen, no estimate (Also common Noddys?)
RTTB (less than 100 each) .One Bun Baby seen.
G Trig, RTB, 15 each seen.
We banded 4000 Sooty Terns in
evening. X-banded 1100 S.Terns and
collected six blood samples.
Took rubber boat back to
camp at 0200. Seale & Flanley
banded 1000 S.Terns & collected 60+
blood samples.
We saw many Crested Tern
immatures, no adults.
29 June 65 Up about mid-morning
went to Dudley Cook's house (used
district manager) for lunch. Meet
Quintonic - Left for Sooty Tern
Colony about 1700. Collected