Journal Dec. 12 Spent most of the morning and afternoon Taking two shorebird censuses, one at high and one at low tide - Saw four brown boobies roosting on rocks at K27 Also noted a Ruddy Turnstone feeding on seal excrement, right at the edge of the seal. Seal untagged near K27. Ten frigates were seen flying low over rocks at beach edge at K30, one of which was mandibulating a small piece of wood. All were immatures. Noted at 10:00 A.M. South Antenna Field 7 adult masked boobies 3 immature North Antenna Field 11 adult masked boobies 6 immature 24 Brown Booby were seen in flight over the north antenna field - There were also two nesting or post-nesting brown boobies. They had down on the head and were incapable of flight. While taking the afternoon-high tide census a single Hawaiian Noddy was seen flying across the south point. At about 3:00 P.M. The south antenna field had 15 adult masked boobies and four immatures. A single bird was seen which was intermediate between immature and subadult phases. The back of the neck and the area above the folded wing contained more brown than is true of most subadults. The rump was largely brown. At 2:30 P.M. the north antenna field contained 50 adult masked boobies - 6 immatures