"Kaber LN" 1964 journal Nov 26 at 5AM On Makim Is. the Natives told me how they catch Ruddy's. They take a long string and make a loop at the end and set the loop next to some coconut meat. When the bird steps in it, pull and its caught. This one boy had around 7 or 8 ruddy's in a pen with slipped wings. The seem quite healthy and fat (they were fed coconut meat) It seems as if Reef herons will roost anywhere. I have found them roosting on the ground, in the crowns of 60' palm and in branches of dead and live trees from five to 30' above ground. One bird was roosting about 30' off the ground on the tip of a tree that had no branches. It might as well been roosting on a flagpole. On Aranauka Is. I heard a chick calling up in the crowns of a coconut tree, when I walked up it saw the tail feathers of it commons readily sticking out between the bases of the leaves. Well we are going back with the exact number of birds I predicted but with about 120% more skins than I expected. Nov 27 at 5AM Other fools beautiful. We are about 3 hours out of port now. The bilious are gone. The dark bumps are gone. The WTS are gone. Everything is gone.