Lehner, P. 1965 Feb. 10 Sooties were over the island in the thousands all morning - they could be seen sitting on: (1) the east tip of the NE peninsula, (2) the north side of the highest point sand and (3) on the NE slope; We expected Dave Bratley today and worked at punching #3 streamers waiting for a phone call - he did not make it; there were 7 adult and 1 juvenile Red-footed Boobies in the nesting colony today; we counted 2 pair of Christmas Island Shearwaters - the previous pair and a pair with band nos: 514-78008 and 514-78013; there were 2 Hawaiian Noddies in the Amaranthus nesting area (off SE end of transmitter bldg.) at night; we counted 7 pair of Sooty Terns copulating.