Gill, Douglas E. 1964 Kauai slick. Larry driving, we slid about as we chugged back out. At one corner we skidded unmercifully and couldn't get around. We tried the edges with no luck. Finally with me pushing and covered with splattering mud, and the wheels spinning at 45 MPH we got around and up that hell hole. We slipped and slid all the way back but finally got out. We congratulated each other. I was filthy but we decided to go back to the Lookout and listened for the shearwaters and petrels. It was cold sitting there and a mist came rolling in. We gave up shortly and decided to go on down below and forget about our shearwater problem since it indeed looked hopeless. So I changed into some clean dry things, got some food, and sat in the Death Seat as Larry sped down the mountain. The full moon was beautiful. We Croy to the same spot on the beach as last night around 9:30 PM. Larry took the sleeping bag and sacked out on the beach. I took out my (the second) anianiau and proceeded to skin it out using my headlamp and all essential tools. My neck was breaking but I kept at it and finished it around midnight. A cop drove up wanted to know what we were doing, so I gave him the song and dance about us being Smithsonian personnel and we were studying the birds of this area, etc. He was duly impressed and left. Even though I was tired I wrote my journal of the past 2 days before I completely forgot them. Finally around 1:30 I hit the sack. I shall give a resume of the birds we saw, identifications, abundance, breeding, activity, etc., in case it is of some importance to another birder to Kauai. Let me start with the family Drepanididae.