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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