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King, Warren B.
1963 Midway Island 4
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1 dead Bonin Island Petrel
100+ rock dove--Lt. Cmdr. Kebshull has asked to have pigeons removed
as per order commander.
25 December
0830 at overrun area:
3 (maybe 5) Green-winged Teal
1 American Widgeon
1 small mottled duck with mallard sized bill--orange bill and orange legs.
No color seen on wings.
2 unidentified ducks.
One was ruddy, almost cinnamon colored on head down neck to breast. Lower
breast white. Bill blue. Hint of lighter color on crown going down to top of
bill--white along wing line, ruddy below.
Second was in company of Widgeon and may have been female of same species.
6 Wandering Tattlers
25+ Sanderlings
50+ Turnstones (Ruddy)
2+ Sharp-tailed Sandpipers
2 Dunlins? gray on back and upper breast--black legs--longer bill than
Sharp-tailed with slight down curve at and
hundreds of Golden Plover
50+ Fairy Terns
25+ Hawaiian Noddies
1000+ Laysan Albatross
25+ Black-footed Albatross
50+ Rock Dove
1 Canary