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1965
SIC#8
Collected 3 unbanded al.RTB. Skinned
1 RTB in afternoon.
Rested through next shift at starks.
mostly (all) White-tipped.
Scotty Team area:
est. 30000 nestlings.
Bandied 100N in
afternoon. Night banding
& bandied 900 S.T. nestlings.
21 May 65 Got up & took Barbases before
morning boat. One from ST. colony
4x metal rectangle, RTB nests see
egg (2).
Nest description of 6 BTs
Barbasa sample from same small
rock (coral) base. Zeggen, at
base of Portulaca bank. Nesting
in area of bare coral substrate
& some protection offered by
certain Lepturus or Portulaca. Nest
diameter 6".
Nest description of Barba Pooler.
Only 4 nests present, 1w chick, 1 large
nestling, 3 eggs. Nests composed
of Trichulus, Portulaca & Bordeavia.
Av. 18" in diameter. Jaro Barbasa