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21 Oct - R & R daylight Popoin after Dusk
with Warming, D. Krstic, D. Booth,
& Kay. The enjoyed it as we all did -
our breeze, full moon birds were all
quite clear - we banded 500 adults.
Most young have primaries & secondaries
well along - I handled 3 birds still in
down I will see down left off
flight feather dying - almost ready to go. I
my own bird was quite clearly in down.
Thur. 22 Oct - Shopping, out to Elly's - PM we
showed slides of sea birds at Mike Oski's
home - saw pictures of his trips to England
& the Waterfowl Trust at Slimbridge -
most interesting
23 Oct - After one hour delay, set for
Milan arrive 3:00. Drank much from
long trip & night before, so lost out early.
Much rain & thunderstorms.
24 Oct - A field made a migration, plus
the arrival of Santa Claus delays a
trip to Eastleigh Island until 18th. Find
I began Recovery (757-36357) on
a badly decomposed bird, a return on
1 of 2 Black-footed Albatrosses on
the island (1667-37029) found