LISIANSKI ISLAND 16 - 19 JUNE, 1966 WE ARRIVED AT LISIANSKI ISLAND SHORTLY BEFORE LUNCH ON THE 16TH AND LOADED UP THE RAFTS WITH OUR GEAR. AFTER PARTAKING OF LUNCH, WE ALL PILED IN THE RAFTS AND HEADED FOR THE BEACH. CAMP WAS SET UP AND EVERYTHING ORGANIZED FOR OUR FOUR NIGHT ASSAULT ON THE BIRDS OF LISIANSKI. WE ALL RETURNED TO THE SHIP FOR SUPPER AND THE THINGS WE HAD FORGOTTEN ON THE FIRST TRIP IN. MOST OF US WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT PUNCHY AND FORGETFULL AFTER 6 LONG, HARD, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OF BANDING & BLEEDING, ETC. OUR PRELIMINARY CURSORY SURVEY OF THE ISLAND SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF NESTING SCOTY TERNS ON LISIANSKI, AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE BANDING OUR 30,000. THE FIRST NIGHT WE EACH DID 500 SOOTYS AND THEN BLEED 102 WEDGETAILS TO BRING US TO DAWN. EVER SINCE THE SECOND NIGHT ON LAYSAN I HAD BEEN GOING BAREFOOT, AFTER PHIL HAD FOUND IT FEASABLE, SO I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT ONE COULD GO BARE- FOOTED HERE IF CARE IS TAKEN IN THE SCARVOLA AND TRICULUS AREAS. DURING THE DAY WE ALL GOT A FAIR SLUG OF SLEEP AND TWO GOOD MEALS, SO BY THE TIME WE RETURNED TO THE ISLAND I FELT PERKY ENOUGH TO TRY TO SMASH CROSSINS RECORD. I BROUGHT TWO BAGS OF CHOCOLATES, A JAR OF HONEY, AND MY BOOTS TO THE ISLAND WHEN WE RETURNED AFTER SUPPER. WE WORKED FOR A WHILE PUTTING UP THE SIGNS THAT FISH & WILDLIFE HAD ASKED US TO PUT UP, AND THEN, AT 1845, I GRABBED UP 5,000 BANDS AND LACED MY BOOTS, AND HEADED FOR THE SOOTYS. I PACED MYSELF FOR A LONG NIGHT, NEVER DOING OVER 450 BANDS AN HOUR. IT WOULD TAKE 3 MINUTES BETWEEN 500 BAND UNITS TO RELOAD MY CANTEEN CASE BAND HOLDER AND WOLF DOWN 3 MOUTHFULS OF CHOCOLATE. AFTER EVERY 1500, I TOOK A TEN MINUTE SIT DOWN BREAK, DRINKING SEVERAL TABLESPOONS OF HONEY, THREE MOUTHFULS OF CHOCOLATES, AND WATER TILL FULL. I FELT AS GOOD AS NEW UNTIL 3500 BANDS WHEN I BEGAN TO TIRE AND RUN OUT OF BIRDS. I WASTED TWENTY VALUABLE MINUTES JOGGING TO THE SW CORNER OF THE ISLAND WHERE I THOUGHT THE BIRDS WOULD BE BETTER. THEY WEREN'T, BUT I COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO BACK. AT 4400 BANDS I BLEW MY COOL AND STARTED SHREDDING SOOTY TERNS AND SCREAMING OBSCENITIES AT THEM. THE SUN HAD LONG SINCE RISEN AND I WAS AGAIN PICKING BIRDS OFF NESTS AND LEAPING OVER ARIGOSTRIS CLUMPS TO CATCH THEM AS I HAD THE NIGHT BEFORE. I WASN'T QUITE AS SWIFT NOW AND, AS A RESULT, I SUFFERED MANY BITES AND STABS ON THE HAND. BY 4500 I WAS ALMOST GOBBING WHEN A BIRD ESCAPED ME. I GAVE UP THAT AREA AT 0545 AND WENT BACK TO