27 Jan (cont) present at the nest now, and there is much 
egg calling by both members of a pair. Of the 21 activ® 
nests, both birds were present at 3 of them. 
After lunch Bob and I went collecitrjg blood, ectopara- 
sites, weights and measurements from Blackfeet - we did 
5 birds in 2 hours. Bob was a riot - it was the first 
time he had handled the birds, and he ended up in some 
highly interesting positions, the bird holding onto him. 
A system soon materialized out of the chaos, however, 
and the last bird took the normal 15 rainuts. 
We found a Ruddy Turnstone (FN 20421)on the beach, 
dead. 5 
28 {Tan., 1965 The last day of rat trapping, we found 
la few more dead rats in the traps. , and managed to get 
many new rats. In the afternoon X checked the Laysan 
jnests - there were five chicks, 6 other eggs were pipped, 
this is 50 per cent of the study nests that now have 
pipped eggs or chicks. We may be slightly ahead of the 
'general island population, as we set up the study nests 
from the first nests we found, so they are slightly ahead 
of the rest of the island. 
Spun down yesterdays blood samples, skinned and 
stuffed a Ruddy Turnstone today, it dame out better than 
usual, but I still need practice. 
Blue-facdd Booby behavior not done this afternoon - 
I had to finish up the Turnsone after supper. 
B8 has now two eggs - only one yesterday, so the 
second must have come today or late last night. 
Saw the old-time Laysan again today in the same area 
where we rebanded him in Dec. 29, 19 64 1 . He vias talking 
in the colony. (£^«=fcec=su--» mt- 
A Red-tailed Tropicbird was found in the Scaevola on a 
cleared scrape of ground. His band was 605-12677 1 
ad41t with the pink tinge to the feathers. He flew 
off immediately upon release. I have seen RTTBs land 
in the Scaevola so far this winter only one other time, 
that was the January 21 Activity Counte from the radar 
tower. — 
An Adult <2 Frigate was making continued forays into 
the NAF gathering twigs and other nesting material - so 
nesting ms -underway. 
