Aizerman, Kenneth 
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Ijp varaber 20- -Third day of trapping. 143 captures, one of them a triple 
again.. The breather was much more cooperative today. Very little breeze. 
We finished about 2:30 and then decided to put metal tags on the end 
stakes . Finished only the "one” end before time to reset the traps. 
Took in the movie for a change— very good^ too, surprisingly. . , , ; 
I took a walk up to the south point after supper and found the first 
Laysan with an egg, just behind a Scaevola clump off the runway at the 
south end (east side). This was the first time since Staurday I had 
been along the beach. Many black-foots have eggs 'now and the whole 
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picture ha§ changed. Most of the individuals remain sitting, even those 
not on eggs. 
Ilov em ber 21 — B3.ll and I finished trapping in good time, before lunch and 
hauled the traps back to be cleaned. Jim's thumb has been acting up ' 
again so he lias elected to go to Midway with Bill to get the house over. 
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Just as they were getting ready word arrived that there would be 
no plane! The prospect of not being able to get the ticks out caused 
no end of muttering and rumbling. Bill fired off a message to Eebschull 
explaining the situation, to the effect that the tides had to get out on 
the Friday log flight to meet personal pickup (by Bushman, who tallied 
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to Jim on the ham gear in the morning ) in Honolulu. Whether this had 
any effect we of course don’t know. but we got a plane at 3 p.ra. 
xlovember 22 — Rfein and high wind most of day prevented working out of 
doors. Of course the station was buzzing over the shocking news of the 
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president's assassinatiop. Piddled around most of day discussing this 
and listening to news . 
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Could not find Jim's birds from Midway in the 
