Huber 1964 Journal Bikar Atoll ever familiar donut shaped pattern shot with the bird in the middle). The other day on Taongi Atoll I banded 76 golden plovers, 4 of those had patches of black feather on the belly, the rest had lost all the black. Today on Bikar I saw a golden plover fly by with full breeding plumage. The other 3 golden plovers I've seen on this island didn't have any black on their bellies. Last night I saw a reef heron sitting roosting about 40' off the ground in the crown of a palm tree. There seems to be few dark phase red herons this trip, and The average heron has about a 50-50 chance of being all white or intermediate. Bikar Atoll Jabaru kku Fslt Oct 17, 1964 Saw a moray eel today that must have been 7 feet long. About 3-4 feet of it was sticking out of a hole in the rocks, and it must have been 7-8" from one side of the jar to the other. It was brown and in the lagoon. Also saw a sea urchin with gray-white spines about 4 to 7" long. All other sea urchins I've ever seen have been black, is this a different species or has it shed its skin.