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Gill, Douglas
1964
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and took us to our hotel, the Hawaiian King. We met the infamous Larry
Huber, the handsome Doug Whitman, and Bob Sundell. We talked until
midnight (6 a.m. EDT) while listening the Mozart's Requiem and reading
Mad. Doug Whitman has a great interest in music as I do, and is a big
bird bander from Syracuse. We then hit the sack.
May 30--What a day!
After a restless night's sleep, we (Paul and I) were rudely
awakened at 7:30 a.m. by Fred and Pete. We dressed and ate breakfast
at a nearby restaurant. Then we wandered around the block checking
off such new species as Indian Mynah, Brazilian Cardinal, Chinese
Spotted Dove, Barred Dove, English Sparrow, and House Finch. We
relaxed in our room for a short while when Peter Marshall came over and
inquired whether we wanted to wander around town to see the sights. So
off we wnet to the famous Honolulu Zoo and Aquarium. It was very
interesting some of the birds they had. The aquarium was arranged
from a scientific standpoint and was very well done. On the way back
I spotted a Japanese White-eye in a palm and checked another bird off
my list. Oh, going to the Zoo we saw immature Great Frigatebird. We
bought a Papaya with lines. Fred suggested we all go birding. So I donned
my khaki uniform. We drove way out past Pearl Harbor up to the mountains,
driving through sugar cane and pineapple fields. Once on top of the
mountain, we walked along the dire road on which we had been driving,
looking for the endemic species. After looking at an Elepaio, Ricebird
Japanese White-eye, and Pekin Robin or Red-billed Leiothrix, we