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Also - 1 RTTB seen - on egg. 
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20Feb. (cont. ) tally well with the high counts on this 
species tnat tne rest of us have made during the winter. 
Laysan mixing is minimal. On all the island, with 
over 2,000 Laysans now marked, we saw only 2 birds in 
the area in which they were not marked. One Green bird 
from Central roos, was found in rura^ajr area along SS 
beach (not far from Central roost area), and one orange 
marked bird was found in the central roost. 
Large numbers of Frigates, still mostly males, are 
gatnerin^ nesting materials, still Solanum and Tribulus . 
irom the central plain - all in NAF. The plants seized 
are generally living. 6 birds were seen gathering twigs, 
and at least 16 nests have been at least partially 
constructed in the Ksastxai north roost. No nests were 
seen in the central roost. 
Four new dead Iyysans were found in the SAF, none 
elsewhere. There are now 18 Blue-faced Booby nests, 
6 in the SAF and 12 in the NAF. The Brown Booby chick 
has been destroyed and eaten. 
Tito gulls were seen during the count, one at S. pt. 
and one at N.pt. They are thought to be Glauduus Gulls, 
Counts on the other shorebirds are as follows : 
GP - 47; RT - 81; S - 4; BTC - 4. Two Fairy Terns were 
seen. There were 35 seals on the island. 
It rained all afternoon and into the evening, so 
work in the lab was done. 15 ^.utopsy rats collected. 
21 Feb. Pouring rain all daylight hours and on into the 
night. Due to the bad weather, we decide not to set 
rat traps for this evening. The storm looks as though 
it will persisit. We got all caught up on data, every- 
thing from notebooks is now recorded. 
22 Feb. The big day of inventory has struck - it was 
raining hard all morning, misting in the afternoon. 
Touts le monde is checked out, shelves and trunks are 
labelled, and we have a rough idea of what is here. 
Wirtza has been thorough - there is an abundance of 
almost everything. 
We went out this afternoon into the mist for Laysan 
returns and banding. We found, while in the process, 
another RTTB on an egg - this makes two nests to date. 
We handled 186 birds, 6l of which required bands, the 
other 125 we got returns from. These were all in the 
