Hoeman, J. Vincent, 1964
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Hoeman, Vincent D. 1964 February 27--Pollen and humidity hamper my sleep. We take Jim to photo booby colony before taking him to airport to fly to Maui and I find a way down to head of little bay east of lighthouse and point where I can see cliff-isolated beach and arch-shaped near-island peninsula. After leaving Jim we drive up Waimea Canyon Road to some lookouts and Kokee Park where in little museum with terrible stuffed birds I talk to old English woman curator who's fed and tamed jungle fowl here and says cock once led in wild turkey. Ohia in bloom and we see I'wis, Akepa, Apapanes (hundreds) Also three black wild boar that aren't too big or too ferocious. No luck with varied tits. On up to ___ overlook at end of road, a beautiful view over magnificent precipice if you ignore that white radar station S(or whatever) on the prominence right behind you. We saw w. t. tropicbirds in Waimea - just spacks. Long drive back and moon out full, I convince Warren we should wait and band just before dawn. House crawling with ants. Rains hard but I can sleep tonight! FINISH MARCH 1() February 28--I'm up before alarm rings at 0300 and soon we're on our way to Kilauea Lighthouse where moon is veiled and birds asleep, but soon their cries and a rainstorm wake them as we band and we ring only thirty- six more. Three have chicks, about twenty eggs here in upper part. Five more wedgetail seen.