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Lehner, P.
1964
106
Nov. 2
up at the usual hour; during the A.M.
there was little activity beyond Roger's pawing
through the fish and Larry's catching turtle
food; at 1:00 P.M. Binion, George, Dave, Larry,
and I went to Orubebbu Island to collect fish
while Ken and Roger went over to the
runway to collect birds; we arrived at Orubebbu
Island in about 20 minutes, put Dave ashore
and then took the raft out and anchored
it about 200 yards offshore; this time
we were on the lee of the island and
the current was not nearly as great; we
collected a great variety of fish, several of
which are species different from those
collected off Embuj Island; Dave had [illegible] good
success in collecting insects also; we headed
back for the ship about 3:40 and arrived
about 4 P.M.; Ken and Roger were just returning
from there safari around the runway and
reported that they had had real good success;
they had seen a Shoveller and had collected:
5 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, 1 unknown species of
Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 1 Whimbrel, 1 female Pintail, and
2 ducks (one unknown species, the other probably a
Tufted Duck; after chow Binion, George and Larry
slit fish; about 6:00 P.M. Binion and Roger
went ashore to set mist nets in hopes of catching
English Sparrows seen earlier, and George and Larry
went ashore and set the Sherman traps.