Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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Lehner P. 1964 94 Oct. 27 up at 7:30; at 8:25 Ken, Roger and myself went to Bogenboa Island while Binion, George and Larry went to Erikub Island; we had rough water going in and had to run parallel to the island (east) into the waves and then cut back (south) with them into the island; we collected a sanderling, Common Noddy, and Brown Booby as well as a Coconut Crab, the first I have seen; we also saw some Black- naped Terns on the S. West Peninsula; the density of birds was markedly greater on the east and northeast ends of the island; I saw what I thought to be a White-tailed Tropicbird, but got only a glimpse of him and could not make positive identification; there are scattered mango trees on the island; we left Bogenboa at 11:10 and headed straight for Erikub Island on the north shore where we could see the other raft and the native's outrigger which had visited the ship earlier; we hit the beach of Erikub at 11:35; we were immediately told that the other group had collected a goose; it looked like a Snow Goose to me, but I cannot believe that is possible; it began to rain and the father of the native family took us into the now deserted positive identification later proved it to be a Snow Goose