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7/18 Found pure white
RTTB egg outside
crashing this nest.
Definitely not Arctic terns.
Too round & chalky.
Too well developed to
collect.
7/20 Found RTTB incubating
mostly her own eggs.
Red-throated diver
egg. Am fairly certain that
it it was shearwater compact
quite oval, it was almost
circular - more elliptical
& smoother & glossier than
RTTB egg.
Also found RTTB [illegible]
brown Common molly egg
along with her own (her own
well developed) nearest
Common molly nest 25yds away.
7/19 6 Fairy terns in
Muis (?) in triangle
of vegetation between
airstrip. Legs
1 broad bandel (06)
2 Fairy terns (1 breeding pair,
06) in (pine?) 100 yds. from
small boat pier.
TOTAL FAIRY TERNS - 8