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Hachemen, C.D.
1965
Journal
16
February 1
Harvard Island
Five immature Red-feet sitting around in the colony.
Two, still a little hesitant about leaving the vicinity
of their nests, were easily captured and banded.
Four incubating adults were also captured and their
band numbers recorded.
Late in the evening the Sooty Tern colony near
the Amelia Earhart light house began to spread
inland as more and more birds came into the island.
These birds are getting in small, circular clearings
in the Tridulus. A few eggs are already being
laid in this section of the colony which at present
looks like this
[diagram]
Beach:
Max, Dick + I began blood sampling of
Sooty Terns at dusk. The vacutainers did not
work very well on the Sooty Terns but provided
excellent results from the large birds such as
Blue-faced boobies and Frigate. A total of 90
Sooty Tern were sampled. The final 20 samples came