Antartica field notes, v1468
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Maley 1960 Nov.29 did seem less crowded than the last time. This may be due to the fact that we broke up some pairs by collecting 4 birds then + also to the departure of some more breeding birds. Brian says there are no birds in taped end of shrubbery; however I did notice a pair defending nest. there when we were descending, but that part of shrubbery probably held less than I thought it did last time + the map scaled from that trap should be adjusted accordingly. The birds over here are depending on Wilson's Petrel + Snow Petrel for food. Chiefly the former, as judged by the remains observed about the nests. We did see one pork chop bone indicating that they savange over by the base + also a few penguin remains. Several pairs are located along the top of the cliff. We saw perhaps 3 pairs each with one or more scrape but no egg in the section we covered. Birds were seen flying along close to cliff face pathway down. No reason why they couldn't nest there also (though) we saw no sign that they did. Dec 2 While walking around I noticed R.T.H., [illegible]