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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)