Hoeman, Vincent D. 1964 16 After getting $6 room in Iolani Hotel I called Dr. Ely to confer and have Larry's binoculars sent here, then Larry and I go out to the pond south of the airport where we see at least three black-crowned night herons, three coots, two wandering tattlers and a male shoveler in the company of another duck which seems to be male and is tentatively identified as Gargoney teal. We collect a spotted dove to strip down for a skeleton (skin ruined by Larry hitting it too hard with Chevy Impala) and try to collect this latter-mentioned duck. Return to Iolani Hotel after dark. Bed 2230. April 23--Up before 0600 after cool night in the early part of which we had heavy rain. We drive up the Saddle Road, in on the Humuula Sheep Rmd to about 8500 feet and walk up to the 9000 foot forest camp. We'd seen six ruddy turnstones (one full breeding) about 8000 and Golden Flover to 9000, an pair of chukar partridge at 8800 and California quail at 9000. Encouraged by report of road condition by road worker on observatory road project, Larry rides back down to our vehicle in his pickup while I continue upward through timberline vegetation. At 11,000 I hear him honk and call below me so return to 10,500 where he cannot get up hill of loose dirt so we take our packs from there, but he soon gets a ride in a contractor foreman's jeep while I choose to continue afoot. Three D-8 cats are scraping out a track toward Maiau Lake (13,010' and are still 1/2 mile or so away and it's a mile from the Peak, but they expect to have it completed in a week. Larry followed this course, but I cut straight across and up slowly due to poor condition I'm in. But I've chosen right cinder cone and finally reach its rim and work