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Amerea an, Kenneth 
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December 2 — Went through haLf of rat area hacking out the trails in the 
morning. Most of the Laysan' * have eggs already. Hopefully I can find 
a few which do not, for study nests. Primarily only single birds present, 
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incubating. A few pairs were seen. These apparently will lay eggs 
very soon or have just laid. A few pairs are still dancing and a few 
trios and groups of four are standing ; round together. Many of these 
hi ids move around and exchange groups, as well as dancing with several 
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different birds or attempting to do so. These my prove to be the 
"unemployed" or unmated birds. 
Started around beach in afternoon, with object of cencusing all 
albatross on’ island. Wound up covering only from dock to south point, 
counting: birds and eggs. Counts: 
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egg no eggs egg H2-SSS 
ISO 127 153 57 
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Began moving furniture and supplies into house after dinner. 
December 3- -Set up twenty-five Laysan albatross study nests in rat area 
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(area A-L) . Eleven new recoveries in birds on eggs. Also finished ^ < 
clearing trap lines. Change over on nest Ho. i a round noon. 
December 4 — Began catching up on aloatross recoveries. Covered area from 
dock to south point (beach and interior). Got 115 Laysans, of which 101 
were incubating, and 4l Black- foots, 3^> on eggs. One Laysan and 
one Black- foot each had two eggs. About ten abandoned eggs seen, most, 
if not all, black-foots. 
