16 
Flee t, Ro bert 
1954 
Laysan Teal: 
- . 257 counted; 152 counted along margin of lagoon on East side. 
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West and South » 4-9 East » 200 estimate 4 00 ~ 
North » 8 450 total teal 
Teal band recoveries 615 -50972 
575-94167 
‘ 04025 
94188 
' 1 94m : • > 
banded: 615-50601 Bristle-thighed Curlew 
602 teal adult cf 
605 " " 9 
604 " ” <f 
100 dead albatross along lagoon. 
September 20 — Banded 27 Finches. 
Shot movies of birds. Broke camp. 
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Basswood meanwhile picked up Jap fishing boat and towed to FFS. We 
Septe mber 21 
boarded Shearwater and met Basswood at l600.on the 21st. Missed Gardner 
September 22 
Finches. Arrived at Necker Island at 0750 on the 22nd. Landing 
attempt foiled by high seas. Under way to Nihoa Island at 15 00 hours. 
S e p tember 23~ ~Arrived off of, Nihoa at 0700# Landed Nihoa from rubber 
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boat at 0950. Very rough landing. Carried gear up into East Palm gulch. 
Saw an immature Frigate hit water. Watched for 15 minutes and flapped 
but couldn’t get up. 
Frigate immature Red-footed Booby, Common Noddy and two imraatures 
Blue-faced Booby circling ship. 
Found Common Noddy (local) and downy Wedge tail chicks in and under 
roc^edges. Some Wedgetails with body tracts coming in. Many finches. 
Fairy Terns, and Blue-gray Noddy. 
