Gill, Douglas E . 
1 9W 
Kauai 
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slick. Larry driving, we slid about as we chugged back out. At one corner 
we skidded unmercifully and couldn't get around. We tried the edges with 
no luck. Finally with me pushing and covered with splattering mud, and the 
wheels spinning at 4-5 MPH we got around and up that hell hole. We slipped 
and slid all the way back but finally got out. We coiigratulated each other. 
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I was filthy but \re decided to go back to the Lookout and listened for the 
shearwaters and petrels* It was cold sitting there and a mist came rolling 
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in. We gave up shortly and decided to go on down below and forget about our 
shearwater problem since it indeed looked hopeless. So I changed into some 
clean dry things, got some food, and sat in the Death Seat as Larry sped down 
the mountain. The full moon was beautiful. We drove to the same spot on 
the beach as last night around 9*30 Hi. Larry took the sleeping bag and 
sacked out on the beach. I took out my (the second) anianiau and proceeded 
to skin it out using ay headlamp and all essential tools. My neck, was 
breaking but I kept at it and finished it around midnight. A cop drove up 
wanted to know what we were doing, so X gave him the song and dance about 
us being Smithsonian personnel and we 'were studying the birds of this area, 
etc. He was duly impressed and left. ' Even though I was tired I wrote my 
journal of the past 2 days before I completely forgot them. Finally around 
1:30 I hit the sack. 
I shall give a resume of the birds we saw, identifications, abundance, 
breeding, activity, etc., in case it is of some importance to another birder 
to Kauai. Let me start with the family Drepanididae . 
