Harbor, C.P. 1967 February 13 Erdeby Island impossible to approach the roost without flushing one and all. We succeeded only in capturing one bird. Perhaps, if we had waited for several hours, until the birds had had an opportunity to settle down we would have captured more of them. Just our presence in the vicinity, while landing the Sixty Tens, was enough to drive most of them away from the roost. If we are successful in visiting this island when there is no moon we'll be able to find large numbers of this species - otherwise it is virtually impossible to capture more than a few. February 14 Erdeby Island Max went out to the ship to centrifuge the blood at 0800. I rented the crew out and put Larry on skinning out bird specimens. The rest of us began putting colored plastic stickers on sheets Finjetelink - slow work at boat. At noon we quit to eat lunch and rest up a bit before going back out. The ship's shore party came in at 1330 and we knocked off work and joined them. The after- noons are entirely too hot for handling birds sitting on egg or small chicks. Max informed me, upon his return, that the captain had told him the ship was on alert because of the present situation in Viet Nam and might be ordered to return to Pearl Harbor in the very near future. I hope this doesn't happen before we reach Pago Pago because our mail will be then waiting for me.