R.D Kirkpatrick Journal 1964 Sand Island, Johnston Atoll, Pacific Dec. We ran the Mus grid and took 7 blood from a crippled Short Tern! Mon P.M. We cleaned all the Mus traps and set 25 of them. Dec. We ran the Mus traps, autopsied 8 the captured mice, and reset Tues the traps. Dec Same as 12-8-64 9 Wed. Dec. We ran the Mus traps and 10 autopsyed the captured mice. Thur A Short-eared Owl was observed. A perch was constructed for it and was erected. 10 P.M. We searched for Wedge-tailed Shearwaters to band. Dec. We ran the guywire census. 11 Fri. Dec. H.M. Chief Taylor took us to East 12 Island in the LCVP. We counted Sat 3 Ruddy Turnstones and 5 Golden Plovers.