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Lehner, P.
1964
164
Nov. 16 - continued 7
was far from restful, but we managed to sleep
some anyway. Birds collected for the atoll for
today are as follows: 2 Godwits, 1 Curlew, 2
Wandering Tattlers, 3 Golden Plover, 1 Common
Noddy, 6 Hawaiian Noddies, and 1 Black-naped
Tern, and 21 Ruddy Turnstones.
We also saw two fish weirs that had been
constructed out of piled stone; they were
located in the tidal zone on the northwest
end of the atoll - just north of the north
passage; they are constructed as follows:
Island
fish
fish
tide
Tidal zone
Ocean
as the tide
goes out the fish
recede with it and
some are forced into
the pockets that are
left dry by the tide.