Husted, Dayle N. 
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birds came in spurts and spells. Two Frigatebirds were seen at a great 
distance, but gradually came closer. The weather and seas were calm. 
About sunset we ran into a small squall. 
July 7 - -Many Wedgetails were seen today. Four of them were feeding 
within 30 feet of the ship. I am quite certain that I saw a piece of a 
squid in one of the Wedgetails mouths. Another Wedgetail was seen 
flying low over the water and dipping his bill into the water. Several 
large flocks were seen this afternoon. One of them came quite close 
to the shipand Warren shot a Frigatebird, a Sooty Tern, and a light Wedge- 
tail. Squid was taken from the mouth of the Sooty Tern (another reason 
I think that was squid in the Wedge-tails mouth). The birds were checked 
for ectoparasites. The ones that were found were placed in alcohol. The 
going was fairly rough today, and the seas were fairly high. The weather 
was clear with about an 18 mph wind. There was a squall or two this 
morning. 
July 3 --Dr . Ely met us at the dock about O63O this morning, and then 
took us to the hotel. This afternoon King, Stadel, and I went to the 
Booby colony at the marine air base. We arrived there about 1720 and 
then started band young. Estimation of young present was about 
t00+, this was about 90°/o present (of the population when we started 
banding). We banded 15 8 birds with bands numbers 597-12629, 678, 729> 
767, 772 going to adults. Several adults were run to disgorge fish, 
even though we didn f t bother them. I saw one puke four fish up on the 
ground. Some subadults were also seen. We finished banding when it 
was almost dark, and we were back at the hotel about 2100. 
