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"up the trees and hill and eat chick terns.
July 18 Sent To Nudney
missed my plane to [illegible] Kine. The clock
in the BOQ is 51 minutes slow and I got # to the
airport just in time to see the plane warming
up at the end of the runway. Damnable clocks!
Burlgirl! I get here the wrong day so have to
wait two days to get to be sooties. Two days shot,
The very first day a string of 70's freak and
falls all over the ground right outside the BOQ, I
missed my plane to Kine. I am short money.
I underestimated the number of dead bird world
need, you dam out. Arrgike! Tomorrow am
gong to the DX to get a camera. Have been waiting
two years to get. Hope I don't break a leg on the way.
Nerda BT, Cullen today. There is a set of telephone
wires in front of the office mess, that has
about 120 Nanaimoo Rode roost upon it every
night, out of the 120 I counted 8 landed on one
night. Arrgike! Lost the best of one day out two
cans of spray paint while banding tropicbirds.
The tropicbirds are at every stage of the breed cycle
except chick ready to fly and fresh eggs. There
is a monstrous fan on the wall flying room
with it on it's too cold with it off it's too hot.
Well at least my radio works. A lot of [illegible]
tropicbird chicks and some albatross chicks have
growth on their heads, it looks as if it will probably
eventually cause their deaths. Albatross are at
extremly cycle with chicks being island about
6 blackfoot chicks present and about 50 albatross chicks.