Johnston . U. d» 
1964 
20 Apr Wake Island 
j-P.S.L -J IX? ♦ *• f varal thousand birds still in their vertical swirl. 
No evidence yet of nesting. 
^ • £lA,.P er ££!&£.• Oldest and perhaps largest colony, fontsins 
fresh eggs, some incubated, new chicks, old chicks. 
4 * kS L zls . Ifl.* mainland .lust across "inlet" from Flipper Point. 
Crowing more and more, with more fresh ears each day. Here, birds 
die not return to incubate the two-egg clutches. 
I i ding back from Kuku Pt . about 1 a. a. we noted several Golden Plovers 
bpside the road. Tvidently these birds roost at light out on these 
arrass y olots beside the airstrip. In the morning we visited the Pesle 
isle nd ternery ?nd 10 terns tor heart studies. later in the afternoon 
we went into tne Clipper Point colony to band chicks, but to our surorise 
there were relatively few. We banded only about 225, most of these being 
newly hatched-- still in the nest. There were, in addition, some older 
chic’-s running around in the colony; some of these could fly a little. 
A they wandered e round they frequent 1- received sharp Jabs frw dults d 
sitting on egg - , it w? 8 Quite hot, end adults were covering eggs or young 
tenaciously. Also, the adults were most belligerent toward us. As we 
rescued to band a chic 1 -'’, the parent would dart forward with sharp cries, 
spread -wings, end a sharp bill. Several t’mes adults hit me in the head and 
once, a bird even lit on my back in trying to defend its chick. Usually 
the ehic v , after being banded and if it ’’ere dry, would “'eg in to run 
sway from the nest. 
About 4 p.ro. we were watch ■' n • birds over the sand flats at the lagoon. 
At a: 30 we, saw about S Golden Plovers rise from the flats and as it gained 
altitude the flock was Joined by about 15 others. These, then, began to 
