Hardaway, C.D 1965 January 18 February 2 Howard Island Paul Woodward made an early morning circuit of the island for a shorebird count. Shorebird count: Golden Plover 76 Ruddy Turnstone 79 Wandering Tattler 16 Bristle-Thighed Curlew - 10 Merill left at 0800 to centrifuge the blood samples taken last night. Again the ship or even made a very poor landing. Around 0900, on the ebbing tide, Max and Terry assembled their gear and went out to look for Zoanthids. Ralph and I put plastic strainers for about 1 hour and then went down to the Great Frigatebird colony to try them out. The birds did not hold very well and we were only able to capture head and wing tag 10 birds in the course of 1 1/2 hours. Not wanting to keep the birds off of their eggs too long (with the driest sunlight) we decided enough was enough and returned to camp. The color combination for this island was decided upon as Blue-Blue. This color doesn't show up well on birds in flight. Around 2 p.m. Merrill came back in with 5 men from the ship who planned to change the batteries in the navigation lights and then practice landing through the surf. They sure could use the practice because they got creamed on each of six landing attempts in only moderate surf. The moto