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finally found the Apapane, or Red Hawaiian Honeycreeper which are a 
rare and fascinating group of birds on Hawaii. While the others ran on 
ahead, I decided to sit and learn the birds we had just seen. So I 
spent half an hour learning the a calls and identification of 
Apapane, Leiothrix, White-eye, Elepalo, and Ricebird . The others return© 
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having seen nothing. We returned to the car and drove bade to Pearl 
Harbor to dry and find strawberry finches, Mandrlns , Stilts, and anything 
else. The others saw a Manakin fly by but I didn’t see it. We returned 
having not seen any of the above. I was exhausted, as was Pete and 
the others. We had a quick supper of sandwich remains. Then Pete, 
Paul and I joined Larry Huber to band shearwaters and petrels on an 
offhhore island. We paddled a rubber raft out l/2 mile to an ilsand . 
We then spent 3 to four hours catching shearwaters, which were sitting 
oh the coral. They bite viciously and scratch awfully. Besides we 
were being out up something awfully on the sharp coral. Pete and Larry 
both had done this before and knew the technique, whereas Paul and I 
were really cut up. After we had banded 100 shearwater, we searched for 
Bulwer’s Petrels which were down in impossibly small holes in the coral. 
The shearwater give a ghostly moan, whereas the petrels, give a rhythmic 
cooing. Finally, we quit at 11; JO rowed back and drove home. I was so 
tired and acking. I could barely stand up. Am X out of shape. 
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May 31 — X barely taade it. to bed this morning. I was so sore. My 
bo elf and neck ached and my wrists were scratched something awful and 
my legs were bruised, cut, and tender. I slept like a log until around 
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9 when I was awakened by the phone. I went back to sleep and was again 
awakened when Pete came in. I got up and felt woozy, weak and ac^ed 
considerably. 
