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9 Jan 69 Tarot
Early terms cont.
over on both north & south
sides of the runway all
about the eastern end.
There were all with eggs.
Banded 5:25 here and in
all saw only one recently
hatched chick. The few eggs
stepped on over ranged
from 1/3 - 3/4 incubated.
I noted at least 5
2-egg clutches, 4 of which
were almost certainly of
the same parent; one was
obviously the products of
two birds.
As a rough estimate
I think the colony is
easily 35-40,000.
I picked up one return