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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.