Johnston . 
1964 
30 
20 Apr 
Wake lal- mi 
Today was beautiful weather; , indeed, t ie wind died .1 \m s m ewh? t about 
noon end it v* s not i oeably hotter In the afternoon. Spent of rt of the 
morning working on f ooty Tern hearts. bout 3 we rode out toward 
Flipper roint. Near the bridge over the inlet into the leroon we noted 
T 'hit e-ta ile.d Tronic birds . All 5 flew fei rly low over the trees then 
wheeled high above ue for several minutes. From the tire wr reached 
the bridge we could gee the swirling mass of footv 'TV no out toward 
F ipper Point. I'r^v* to this colony. he one over the Point seemed to 
contain many more just-hatched chicks. ?r.-ent the remainder of the 
i f ternoon loo T ln;r et vegetation of Peel# Island— trees shrubs, end 
her -s being i entified. 
There were at least 2 plants which appeared not 
to be in Fosberg's list. found severe! more nests of form on K oddv 
ne?-r the old sc* plena ramp area. Two -./ere in Tpurnef ort la trees end five 
ware being coos true ted atop sore old steel-end-eonorete beams— the remainder 
of e n old building's upright wall. 
Went out to Kuktt Ft. colony et about dark— banded 1500 tonight. 
The birds *re more and more occupying the eastern side of he road, whereas 
a week ago they were restricted to the western side. few hi rds sitting 
on 2 eggs . I got 11 recoveries, ; nd Bob got some th:-t we banded on 
Flipper Point this y«ar. 
Status of Sooty Tern colonies on island today; 
1. j u-u '■ pint 
a. Western side of road — the older of the two on this point,. 
Whether still growing? birds in constant low mass. 
- b. Western side of ro‘d — never of the two, end still growing. 
Probably density of nests is not et e uesk. 
