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Lehner, P.
1984
49
Oct. 16 - continued
at 12:40 we passed on the west side
of Aromeni-to and glassed it from the
raft; it did not look too productive bird-wise
although Frigates, Boobies and Terns could be
seen flying above and around it; the
vegetation looked very similar to Bikar, if
anything it is thicker; at 1:50 we landed
on Jaboeurhku-to and put most of the
party ashore to look for a campsite; the
southern half of the island has very sparse
vegetation and is quite open to sunlight and
wind so the party went towards the northern
end - we followed in the boats (I was still
keeping dry my sore feet); we saw one
turtle in the lagoon west of Jaboeurhku-to
which broke surface and then dove under the
raft; the crew spoke of seeing many more in
the lagoon the day before; Bikar has far more
turtle tracks on the beach than any other island;
however, we have yet to see one on the beach
anywhere; the southern end was finally chosen
as a campsite because of its level, sandy
surface - we landed the rafts at 1:15 and
started setting up camp; at 3:30 camp was
up and we were relaxed enough to start
exploring; there many Brown Boobies and Red-footed
(owl)