Gill, Douglas E., 1964
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Gill, Douglas 1964 6 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