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. October ,8 — One hundred adult shearwaters banded in area between rmd to 
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dump and both shores . 
October 9 — Two hundred adult Shearwaters banded. Many more found: in 1 f:l : l '{Vl'u 
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area covered last night. Second hundred done in area between road to 
dump and x mitter bldg. A few were found with orange tags but no metal bands. 
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Octob er IQ— Two hundred adult shearwaters done, in area 1 between 1 i-dad td •• 
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dump and' Emitter bldg. Several more with tags and no loaned found and 
rebanded. Leg sizes vary a good dealj some of the bands newly put on 
seemed as if they could slip over the foot. Five hundred adults banded 
in area of heaviest previous banding. Cann o t est It® te whether this 
means overlapping populations or a very large number have slipped their 
bands and perhaps tags as well. Total population in this area cannot 
be more than seven hundred to eight hundred . 
Population seems to fluctuate with cycle of moon. For shearwaters, 
lowest at time of full noom, then increases again. May merely reflect 
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different time of returnibg at night — may come in later at night as moon 
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gets higher. Bob suggests may reflect behavior of food orgainism. Longer 
feeding time for shearwaters with higher and brighter moor ? 
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For Sooty Terns, population had dwindled to — ten in day, twenty- 
thirty at night. At time of full moon or just after suddenly they jumped 
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back to bout one hundred at night . 
October 13- -Two hundred adult shearwaters banded a long left side of causeway 
and Xmitter bldg. Findirg an average of five to six per night (per 
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with tage and no bands. 
Six frigates banded. 
