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R.D. Kirkpatrick
1964 Journal
Johnston Atoll, Sand Island
Oct.
20 droppings boards. Collected a
(crit) 20 sick Mus.
8:45 PM to 10:30 P.M. Banded
Wedge-tailed & Leanwaters and
set the 48 mouse traps on the
grid
Oct.
21 It rained most of the day.
Wed. 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. We fed the 3 young
Red-tailed Tropicsbirds, examined
the trapped Mus, and weighed and
measured the young Noddy Terns.
10 P.M. I set the grid mousetraps
in a steady rain. Trap #49 was
set on the causeway.
Oct.
22 8 A.M. We ran the mouse grid traps;
Thur Dennis started taking soil temps.
I put up Mus RDK#388.
P.M. Dennis and I finished taking
the soil temps, fed the three young
Tropicbirds, banded seven young
Noddy Terns and 3 adult Golden
Plovers.
We put up a second mist net on
the beach east of the barracks.