Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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Lehner, P. 1944 62 Sept. 12 usual day with routine plots run; wedge tail plots have been abandoned - the amount of data we were getting was next to nil; Wandering Tattlers are more in evidence - Ruddy Turnstones and Golden Plovers holding about steady. Sept. 13 up at 6:30 A.M.; Cam got the mice ; caught 7:30 Mike boat to North Island ; joined Pat Meehan, Bill Sinclair and Jim Sublett for skin diving off the island at their invitation ; found a "fish ball" covered with barnacles and some shells - saw 2 Ruddy Turnstones and 2 Golden Plover ; the undersea landscape was beautiful - 30 to 30 ft. deep with coral heads rising to near the surface ; the area was better diving than near the reef ; saw Corvet fish, Squirrel fish, Butterfly fish, Tang; Wrasse, Snappers, Trigger fish, Surgeon fish, Parrotfish, Moorish Idols, etc. ; rainy-windy night ; set traps for mice ; prolonged other work till tomorrow.