Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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Lehner, P. 1964 89 Oct. 25 we were up at 7:30 and by 8:10 were in the raft and headed for Loj Island; we arrived on Loj at 8:20; Binion rounded up the rat traps (we had caught four); Ken and Roger collected plants, Harry went north and George and I went south collecting birds; we saw one adult Brown Booby and one Crested Tern off the north shore; Binion saw a female Great Frigatebird soaring overhead and a Fairy Tern on an egg; Harry collected 3 Hawaiian Noddies and one Common Noddy; George collected one Hawaiian Noddy; we left Loj Is. at 9:20 and arrived at the ship 20 minutes later - the wind had picked up slightly and the waves had followed suit; about 10:00 the ship weighed anchor and headed north in the lagoon to an anchorage off Eneko Island; we had chow on the ship and at 12:15 took the raft into Eneko Island, arriving on the beach at 12:25; once again Roger and Harry went one direction collecting while George and I went the other, and Ken and Binion made a general survey; both Hawaiian Noddy and Fairy Tern nests were found and 4 White-tailed Tropicbirds were seen overhead; we collected: 3 Hawaiian Noddies, 1 Common Noddy and 1 Reef Heron; at 1:35 we left Eneko and headed (over)