Soty terns- 50 + seen flying around island no bredding sites found. 
Fairy terns- 3 pairs uncommon, no rests. 
Golden plovers- 30 to 50 no large flocks (15 or less) a few in breeding 
plumage seen mostly at duep or on beach. 
Ruddy turostones - 10 + on beaches none in breeding plumage. 
Wandering tattler - 5 some barring on underparts on beaches. 
No sanderlings or curlews. 
18 species 
May 11: Spent most of day assembling shipping catons for goonies. Checked 
rifle range and surrounding area for spots to collect the birds. 
May 12: Checked Chan’s fuel farm study plot for him this a.m. Went to 
Eastern and checked the runway study pplot this p.m. Hundreds pf tropic- 
birds are breeding on Eastern. Large sooty team colony, eggs arejust 
beginning to be laid. Males in ecvallent bredding condition. Recovered a 
few gooney banSs from dead brids. Saw about 9 or 10 noddies feeding 
on surface of water near sand bars in channel entrance. Photographed albins 
black-foot chick on fuel farm, also sooty tern colony. 
Collected birds after 2000. On first load we put 45+ in stake bodied 
truck, loose. This did not work at all. Far too much quarreling, resulting 
in an good deal of bloodshed from superficial cuts. Tyeb reverted to packing* 
them into boxes at truck. 
Lt. tooke two hours to collect 12 wedge-tails and 12 B.I. petrels. They ap- 
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peared ve,T~y Scarce. No large evening flights. 
May 13: Finsihed packing birds, orders finely came thru. Received phone 
call from MSgt Harris, Army ATC0? Hiekam regarding bird shipment. Gave 
him datt regarding size 135 pes. 1086 lbs 4o8 cu.ft , 132 albatrosses, 24 
petrels a nd shearwaters. 
