Hulbert 1965 Journal The people at the Loran station say that there are many sharks at Whale Is. But I saw none. They [illegible] went over themselves but they said they didn't see any and were surprised by the lack of sharks. Apparently this is not their breeding season. Out of 5 sharks caught so far all have been 3 1/2 - 5 foot males except one which was a 3 foot 9. These sooty terns are counting a lot over East Island. I guess this is the first time I've noticed. They will fly around sometimes so high as to be specks in the sky. They will fly around in pairs and their wing beats will be rapid and short. They will travel about around 4' apart (sometimes almost touching each other) and turn their heads in such away as to expose more of the throat to the other birds. I don't know if anybody knows this but there is a common noddly colony on Oahu proper. It is on the steep side of Mokapu point down by the ocean. It is in a large depression in the cliff. There is a color phase of sooty tern on these northern islands that isn't on the southern island. It is the speckled forehead plus the white barring on the back. There are a few sooties with speckled heads that occur in the southern island but even the speckling is different between the northern and southern sooties. And the big thing is that I don't remember ever seeing a [illegible] tern.