Amerman, Kenneth 
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Sav a Hawaiian short-eared owl four times in the afternoon. First 
scared it up from field near end of runway, then three more times at 
different spots as we headed west alerts the north beach. We believe 
it is probably resident and we Just do not see it often. 
At night we collected twenty-six rats and removed ninety ticks from 
them in response to a request for three hundred by November 22. Using 
the fish net on them works well in open areas but not in vegetation. 
Jim reported one bhilck-foot egg on Midway; also several ducks and 
shorebirds. 
November 14— -Jim returned from Midway in the morning, reporting at 
least three black-foot eggs, twelve ducks. Bonin's slightly fewer than 
in September, trcplcbirds ray down, fairy terns same or even more 
numberous. 
Bill went up in the UF to get shots of the Island. Hopefully 
vegetation maps can be made from these.* 
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Banded albatross in the afternoon. Found three bla ck-f oots on 
eggs here. Fairy terns seem to have disappeared. 
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No vember 15 — Friday 
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Spent the day cutting and stamping marker tags ffco) beach and vegetation 
stakes and in laying out plots (25 feet by 25 feet) for succession 
studies. Five of these will be in areas of sparse vegetation dad will 
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be checked monthly for ggrowth and development. The remaining five will 
include all vegetation types and will be stripped of vegetation ffc° observe 
the regrowth. 
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Saw a pair of black-foots copulating at the north corner. ■ 
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