Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Smithsonian Institution Archives.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
ATF Progress Report
During the period from March 7 to April 7, 17 days were spent ashore on
5 islands. 18,395 birds were banded and 88 blood samples were obtained.
134 individuals were collected. Plants, insects and other arthropods,
fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals were collected as time permitted.
Itinerary
March 6 Arrive Pago Pago, American Samoa
March 10 Depart Pago Pago, American Samoa
March 14 Arrive Jarvis Island, Line Islands
March 19 Depart Jarvis Island, Line Islands
March 20 Arrive Cook Island, Christmas Island
March 21 Camps established on Motu Tabu, Motu Upua, and Cook Island
March 22 All camps moved to Motu Upua, Christmas Island
March 23 On Motu Upua
March 24 Returned to ship
March 25 Visited main island, Departed Christmas island 2200
March 26 Arrive Fanning Island
March 28 Depart Fanning Island
March 29 Arrive Washington Island
March 31 Depart Washington Island
April 1 Arrive Palmyra Island
April 4 Depart Palmyra Island
April 7 Arrive Pearl Harbour, Honolulu, Oahu