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"Hachson, C. D.
1965
Journal
101
March 9
Janus Island
Pete was running a temperature and had an infection in
one of his lymph glands as the media grabbed him.
Saw only one cut during my rounds tonight. As
soon as my light hit it the cat turned and ran.
This afternoon Al Damelson found and collected a
few trinkets for me. These came from a clump of Lepturus.
These trinkets seem to be most prevalent on Red footed
Booby chicks and nests.
Sacked out at 0500 just at false dawn.
March 10
Janus Island
Last night the Blue-faced Boobies weren't very
common on the south end of the island. At 5 p.m. a
Scrubjungle count turned up only 150 birds on the south
end from a point even with the house to the southern
beach crest. Only two clubs formed up late in the
evening.
Red-footed Boobies formed up in two very large
clubs on the interior on the south end and again held pretty
still. The Red-foot club held better than the Blue faced for
some reason or other. The situation is contrary to all previous
experiences with these two species. Solitary Blue-faced Boobies,
although widely scattered, have been more profitable to work
than the large clubs though for this point.
With the [illegible] cats as wary as they are it isn't too likely
that we'll be able to wipe out the remaining ones on this point.
But maybe they run as soon as a light hits them even if they're
to miles away from the light. These cats are almost impossible to
catch up with because they are in such excellent
condition.