29 June 1964 Sun. 21 Eastern Island - Midway A. Left sand 0730 on landing craft for Eastern. Saw island, then started working. The entire island is a bird colony, with large # of species. The airstrips (abandoned) are almost vacant, no birds utilizing them. Open county with scattered low shrubs harbor sooty terns, albatrosses. With more brush in, we find Red-footed Boobies, Frigate, Tropic-birds, and Wedgetails in addition to Albatross. An absolutely fantastic scene. LAYSAN ALBATROSS - some adults also on sand, many young trying to fly. We collected blood samples from 50 adults with 1 fatality. Adults few & far between, mainly coming in to feed young before flying off again. Stomach contents of one included both fish and squid. Many dead on road, sand record. Black-footed Albatrosses - No adults seen. Very scattered & generally around edge of island. Most all were trying to fly or were banded. The bulk of the pop- has prob. left island. Wedgetailed Shearwater - Abundant in burrows under seawola & other thick vegetation. Found under most pieces of corrugated metal roofing. Blood collected from 50 birds, 1 died, specimen # . None seen flying over island. Almost all incubating, 1 ? with