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Robinson
1965
7 October
M...ana Island, Oahu, Hawaii.
Party of Ely, Gossin, Mage and
Chapman (and George Young [Sall Take])
worked Menas night of 7 October.
Dorms sup most of the night; had bedding
few light bizgels. Ely banded 200
Eminion boddies, but rest of party
banded w...e tails the entire night
Bandiing (w...e tails)
Chicks
adults
Ely
ca. 350
ca. 150
700
Gossin
ca. 400
ca. 200
700
Mage
100
↓600
700
Young
ca. 150
ca. 150
300
2400
+100 boddies 3500
One Carlos possibly came one area
othrow September was on island.
About 10 rabbits seen, Agnes 7 mice
mice, one collected. Boddies about
same status as 30 Sept. A few Soty
Terns seen over island (mainly from
W with visits). One Black C...ound
Night Heron seen on the island
at dusk. Ca. 33 blood
pera samples taken from ed. Wedge,
left island at 6:30 a.m.
Note: Some w...e tails chicks ca.
270 with primaries & secondaries
protruding from feather sheaths.
10 October
Pago Pago, American Samoa.
Arrived ca. 0600 aboard成 Am flight
811. Island quite tropical—reminds one very
much of Cayena, Mexico. Landward rain
forest. Saw few birds — the Blue N...ifit
Walygara Chloris, Cardinal Honeyeater, Red-
United B...ibud, small surpluses.
Crews went
over to Western Samoa, returned today
Left Pago Pago aboard Shanwater 0730,
headed for Bohor. Relatively few birds
first few hours, for being so close urnstile a large land mass such as this.
Red-footed Booby, Common Fairy Terns,
Few w...e tails (birds), Wolly Terns. One
mottled Petrel: about 5 after 2 p.m.
Flocks picked up somewhat total of 20 (1114)
16 of them, Stocking Flocks (1016). Three most
numerous birds were Common B...ody (370)
Red-footed Booby (355) and Fairy Tern (213).
Red fots practically all the Dark Gray phase,
only 2 White phase seen.
2nd day N. Samoa — 14°15'S, 17°10' Partly W — 9°65', 17228W
Very few birds, scantly — mainly scattered
styles. Only 3 flocks at all small. Only
interesting sightings were mottled Petrels,
52 (1/3 days bird) all headed in a general
SW direction. The dark aldoners very
Diagnostic. These birds not only fly
with high areas like the root/solder
billed O...awators, but they also
avoided the ship like them.
11 October
12 October