Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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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)