Eniwetok Atoll, 1968-1969
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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