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27 June 1964
Fairy Tern - very few noted on Eastern.
On Sand, large #'s flying & wheeling
about, continual harsh, guttural chatter,
many pairs flying about, I young with
only traces of down on head seen at
Barber Boot Pool.
East Tern - Thousands upon thousands on
Eastern. At least 3 separate colonies,
1 the size of the Manana colony.
100,000 birds in it? With eggs or
small young.
Grey-backed Tern - I seen diving &
screaming as though it had a nest. It
had been flushed up from ground but
no young have been seen.
Green Turtle - General between Sand & Eastern
Mud Crab - one on sand spit between islands
Rat - one seen, Eastern.