Amerson, B. 
1963 - 
seen. She landing site (middle cove ) was quite rough since one would 
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have to step from the boat onto a rocky ledge. The Blue- grey Noddies 
were feeding off the Southern edge ( about 200 ft. from shore). No 
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seals were seen on the pebble "beach" although at a distance and due to 
the motion of the rubber craft they would have been hard to see. We 
returned to the ship and decided it was useless to keep waiting to go 
ashore. A bad weather report also eaome in. We then decided to 
doMeo^ lame of the Blue-grey Noddies and Bulwer's Petrels since we may 
not find them again on the other ’ islands to be visited. We did this 
by using the rubber craft again. We collected three Blue-grey Noddies, 
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four Bulwer ' a Petrels and one Christmas island Shearwater . One Fairy 
Tern which was probably learning to fly, flew onto the ship and was 
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caught . Tills bird produced five hippoboscids . I had not collected 
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any from this host before. At 0:15 'this' mornin Si^ iVl 
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/h^yBlack-footed Albatross of the trip, but he did not stay with the ship. 1 
At 10:50 we left Nihoa board for French Frigate Shoals. At 
another Black-footed Albatross came by, but again passed up the ship. 
Birds were counted and observed through most of the rest of the day. 
At 4:50 a Laysan Albattoss was sighted behind the ship but It too did not 
stay long . At approximately 10 p.m. Necker Island was spotted... We, are 
to pass within five miles of it tonight (about 11 p.m.). 
June 7# 1963 - French Frigate Shoals, East Island 
Awoke this morning at 6:15, ate breakfast after going up on the 
bridge and seeing Tern Island in the distance. We approached from the 
