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Lehner, P.
1964
21
Aug. 5 - Up at 7 A.M., breakfast and up
to other end; checked mouse traps
and islet Wedgetails - tried to band
our only chick to date but both #5 and
#4 bands are too large; Sooties are
concentrated around South Shore;
Frigates, Red-footed Boobies and Blue-faced
Boobies concentrated on N. West shore
and wires; Brown Boobies concentrated
on East Shore; began taking Noddy
egg count and chick measurements in early
P.M. - worked all afternoon and evening -
had to band the large chicks and re-band
those with worn numbers (the blue bands
retain the numbers longer than the red);
low tide at about 10:30 tonight - back to
the islet to band the Wedgetail chick;
saw one juvenile Sooty attempting to
swim through the breakers away
from shore off east side of island;
he made in about 6 feet out and
was then washed back; late P.M.
checked Wedgetail burrows and set
mouse traps.