Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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Lehner P. 1964 93 Oct. 26 - continued with eggs and young, and 70 Frigatebirds; we immediately headed south (still in the lagoon) and anchored off Jeldoni Island; at 3:00; at 3:20 Ken, Roger and I left for Guro Island - we were to check Guro and Jeldoni Islands - Binion, George and Larry went to check Boqweido, Boqella, Joqan and Bokku Islands; we arrived on Guro at 3:40 ; this island is very similar to all the others in the atoll vegetation wise; we found Fairy Tern eggs, Black-naped Terns which acted as though they had eggs nearby and Hawaiian Noddies on active nests; we left Guro at 4:05 and headed toward Jeldoni, the next island south, arriving there at 4:15 ; this island is about three times the size of Guro , has about the same vegetation, but contains no more birds; we could find no active nests of any species; we made no bird specimen collections on either island; we left Jeldoni at 4:50 and arrived at the ship ten minutes later ; the other party had already returned, they had no better news to report on the four islands they surveyed, than we did from ours; bird population estimates are now being kept on seperate sheets.