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■pent iPo«t of the morning eett:n r nets , cole® , etc., reedy , but when 
we tried to atr'-a" th nets over the brae’- ieh ws ter pond, it wr~ isnuopsible. 
The wind wr r just too strong. Imwsdiat ely thereafter we gevc- out of gfs 
j?n<l h*d to w&lk bRcV. I walked becV r-t the «dg« of end across cs-t of 
the sand fists at the end of the h spoon. In so do J nt I srew no mo'e then 10 
7, T- t tiers, end. 4 r ur stones 
olden . lover 
, until 1 noticed 
et 7 p.ss. f mi, ; way s flocV of lfi -olden lovers rise from the sand fists 
end, fly straight out of sight over the 1 KV corner of the lsgoon. They 
did not circle but simply gained altitude straightway and disappeared from 
my view. It seems quite likely th- t they were beginning their long ov* ra- 
mi sitting quietly on an " island* of esnviurr out on the flats. It may 
be ant ro’omorobic to state that they appeared to be resting — they weren't 
feeding or <~ven waiving « round er single plovers were doing out on these 
flat n or along the airstrip. v h^n I flushed these birds, they broke into 
two email or flocks $n s * mol y flew farther out on the sand flat where they 
settled dovn again. This groirp contained birds in severe! decrees of 
breeding plumage— all the wey frorr M winter 11 type to full breeding type* 
Just before derV we went out to band terns on Flipper Point. To 
our surprise a. large "roup of 300 ties -ad come across the *drv tt islet 
(aep&r&ting clipper Point fror Teal* Is.) over on Peal** They had 
already started laying fresh on the c -rrl sand between the grass 
cltr r ps end between the Tournefort la trees. These birds were most 
unstable, however, probably because of the fresh eggs and co' Idn* t be 
