Leewards-Midway, July 1966
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7/15 Ad 1 Blue Face ducks observed 100 yds from maximum security field on southern end Eastern Do. 7/15 Common noddes found nesting exclusively on Eastern side of N-5 air strip (Eastern do.) or on air strip itself (in weed patches on the tarmac). Nest sites were extremely varied, from the edge of dense scurfs & the tops of small plants to the middle of runway itself (as above). App. 25 nesting pairs found dwell on scurfs or sand/coral only 300 yds east of barracks across air strip. All well eggs or up to 1/2 fledged chicks, most hatched in or on 1 adult on 2 24/70 chick 7/15 Eastern Do. 12:00 NOON 39 Luddy Turnstones (1 in breeding plumage) feeding on open strip next to old north-south air strip 350 yds south of barracks. 7/15 Eastern Do. 7:30 PM 4 Golden plovers (1 breeding plumage) on same air strip as above at exact same location. 7/18 Eastern Do. 12:40 PM 9 Luddy Turnstones (2 breeding plumage) on same air strip 100 yds south of barracks or one nest of noddis & Sables Falcon +12" of Bosom bird nest high at base of scurfs