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"Halesville
1966
Journal
were had large chicks. Red feet nest on the side in the
area of dirt to the extent that many of the plants are seemingly killed.
Even though the same ridge grows commonly along the south
shore there are not many RFB nests in it.
About everyday a school of 8-12 porpoise swim slowly
by about 300' feet off the reef,
The reef all around Jarvis is all normal reddish
algae. The west shore which has green algae all over it.
The algae starts about [illegible] in very small clumps, just about
4" across at the NW end and about halfway between
the NW end and the Day fish boat wreck the reef has gradually
gotten greener and greener till at that bluff any point
-the reef is very green and stays green till the
SW point of the island where it becomes reddish again.
There is a plot of about 1300 redfeet mostly seabed
in the big open area just South of the guano umbige
and another one of about 200 mostly seabed about
400' north east of the house. In both cases these clabs
are in a RFB nesting area.
Saw a RFB wander on to the area of FBB and the
BB chased and fought the RFB off its territory.
Directly North of the lighthouse towards the
center of the island are two small breeding
colonies. One of about 800 and the other about
3000 birds, almost all on eggs or small
nestled chicks. All nests are on clumps of
cyprinus, and not on the flatground. At the
very center of the island there is another colony
of about 3000 birds, breeding status not
determined.