1964 48. 5 Sept - Routine . Phil went deep sea fishing, & noted that the skippers relied on birds to lead him to the best fishing spots. 6 Sept. Normal A.M. Collected 40 root samples P.M., banded 100 sooties. 7 Sept. Skin diving for 2nd time. Again extremely impressive. Found a fantastic garden of stinging coral on reef. The reef area is broken & rough, but seems to have more fish than elsewhere. 8 Sept. Sooty samples completed with 9 whole blood + 10 run samples (lost 5 sooties who had 3 to 10 cc. drawn out - 4 survived this fantastic exsanguination) 1 regular sooty sample taken. Phil banded 150 sooties as abled. 9 Sept. Weighed Noddies again - each time there are fewer to weigh. The Bulwers chick has left. Judy we banded it on 2 Sept. Sooties almost all gone - 0-3 gm blood while Phil banded - & when I finished he still hadn't finished. I helped him & then we banded 2 Noddies & 3 Frigate. We averaged along grabbed two Frigates each & then found ourselves in a dile predicament - what to do with these