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Lehner, P.
1964
Oct. 25 - continued
out to the ship arriving at 1:50 - the waves
were still fairly high; the ship then
headed east across the lagoon and anchored
off Aradojairén Island about 3:00 (once
again I was asleep); we had an early supper
on the ship and headed into Aradojairén at
4:15 arriving only 10 minutes later; Binion
and Hen set out rat traps, Harry and Roger
again headed in one direction collecting and
George and I in the other; Harry collected
a White-tailed Tropicbird and a Wandering Tattler,
while George and I never fired a shot; this
island is smaller and shows a greater paucity
of birds than Loj or Eneqo; we left the
Island at 5:40 and arrived at the ship at 5:50,
content to sit the rest of the night out on
board; at 7:30 Jim (of the crew) saw small
turtles swimming by the port side of the ship
and began netting them; we netted a total
of 18 newly hatched Green Turtles about 3 inches
long and all with their egg tooth - they were
swimming east (against the waves) at a fairly
fast pace (about 4 or 5 knots); they were
put in the sink with salt water in one of our
piggyback labs; the fishing tonight has been very
good - could it possibly be a feeding response
to this turtle hatching? The turtles still have