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1965
SIC#8
about 30 Sooty Wood samples
on the way. Collected 4 Burlee's
samples. We banded 7000
Sooty Terns - X banded 1300.
This is the first night we would
sawed out.
30 JUNE 65 Up in late morning.
Sibley and Standen went out in
Land Rover and collected
remainder of blood samples for
the trip - RTB, RFB, + G. Juy.
Nuber & X went to ship at 1:50 pm
and ran blood, weighed
specimens, charged Burlee's,
had dinner and back to shore.
Out in evening and banded
5500 Sooty Terns. X banded
1200. We collected 50 Sooty
Tern heads for nasal mite
studies.
Got to beds by 0100.
01 Juy 65 Up at 0830. Stadel
looked min. gear & went to
ship. Sibley, Standen and X
took Land rover to interior
Lagoon and surveyed several
small islands. Collected Dawn