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Lehner P.
1964
25
Oct. 12 up at 5 A.M. couldn't sleep - rained on my
sack all night long - it finally drove me out shiverrringggg! -
build a bonfire and dryed out - Roger got up before
6 A.M., then Binion arose and Roger went off collecting
shorebirds; 8:20 A.M. went up west shore (north) of
Sibylla collecting plants with Ben - when we reached
the survival camp we crossed island to shipwrecks and
returned to camp about 11:15 - we collected 10 species of plants
(apparently one more than has been recorded); when we
returned the ships crew was waiting to take us
to Kamome to spend the night banding birds; left
Sibylla in two rafts and all the gear (except some
sort of shelter) at 12:30; picked up Al and Figaro
(beach combing) along the way; we left Roger at
base camp on Sibylla to band Masked Boobies;
arrived at Kamome about 2 P.M. and surveyed the
immediate vicinity (east shore); George, myself and 3 crew
members went to the next island north and found
numerous Fairy Terns but no Sooties - returned
to Kamome at 3:00 P.M.; we were told of the
thousands of Sooty Terns and Wedgetails on Kamome
and how we were to spend an easy night banding
thousands of birds; George and I walked north up
the west side of the island in an attempt to
collect rare shorebirds; we found nesting Fairy Terns
with young and eggs but no rare shorebirds; we
returned to our Kamome camp and all ate waiting
for nightfall to band birds; at nightfall Binion,
(over)