Hachman, C.D. 1965 February 13 Journal Endelbury Island 54 At 5 p.m. we picked up some gear and headed towards the Scoty Tern colonies on the north end of the island. By using nets we were able to band 600 adults before dark. After dark we tried picking birds up off of thin nests but the moon was far too bright so we returned to our nets and did an additional 200 birds. It wasn't long before we realized that only one small part of the colony mean the guano heap was actually on eggs. Most of the birds were on freshly hatched chicks which rapidly fell prey to the very abundant Hemit Cocker. Once this was discovered we quickly put out the loose birds and moved out of the colony completely. After finishing up the birds we went to the Cordia grove because the guano heap and blood sampled 25 Red-footed Boobies. Paul Woodward and Ralph Pinder did most of the sampling. We took the blood samples only to familiarize these two people with the procedure involved as well as to give them the feel of the instruments used. Four birds were killed by the sampling. Normally we can take 8 cc from Red-foots without losing a bird. At dusk tonight the Hawaiian Noddy's came in off of the ocean in large, low-flying flocks numbering between 50 and 500 birds. A flock was still coming in long after the last light of the sun had faded. Attempts to band the flocks miserably. With the moon so bright it was