Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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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.