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I spent about an hour watching Common Noddies during tie afternoon. 
They appear to be very senative and inquisitive. Even those quite 
a distance away come and dive at you ever so often regardless of how 
quite you are. 
After supper, but before dusk, I checked the masked Wedgetail 
Shearwater burrows and recorded the adults present all birds are 
still cm eggs. Those whose eggs are close to the top of the ground 
apparently have deserted their ne.,ts since no adults have been recorded 
on t em for several days. Since it rained a light shower after dusk 
and due to 2 good ovies, we did not work tonight, deceived message 
saying Killer would arrive on Wednesday. 
July 20, 1963 
Obtained mites from various plants on the island. These were 
mainly Tereanicidae (Spider mites)* After lunch I made movies of 
Frigates, Boobies and Red-tailed Tropicbirds flying. Also some of 
Common and Hawaiian Noddies were made. During the afternoon we has - 
a very heavy rain which lasted about 30 minutes. During this time 
the station recorded 3 1/2 inches of rain, which helped out the 
water supply. The roof of all the main buildings catch water and it 
is then pumped to a storage area. The station depends entirely on 
rain water. 
Before dusk I checked the V. edge- tailed Shearwater burrows and 
recorded the activity. After dark Ken and 1 banded 100 Wedgetailed 
Shearwater. A large congregation of Wedgetails were found on the 
South side (alone the guywire base). Approx. 60+ were banded and many 
