Weny out after 9 PM. found a few B. I petrels, many wedge-tailed, many 
noddies and thousands of Haw. noddies. Enough H. noddies to darken sky 
■when flushed. Bright moon made catching birds difficult. Recovered a 
few gooney banks. One was one of our Pearl-Hemes birds. Some noddies 
(common) roosting on pipe framework of radar reflector. 
Fred collected a banded brown noddy. 
May 10: Took photographs of Kure today. , including some black-white 
aerials. Seemed to be more noddies of botg species, presnt during daylight 
hours, than we saw yesterday. 
SEeals are fairy comtaon with a numeer of young. All£ $ and young are on la 
goon side. Single animals (±6) are on ocean beaches. 
Sandbar to west of Green Island do not appear substantial enough to support 
a sooty tern colony. There were a few noddies present when we buzzed the 
three today. 
Frigates have been seen chasing the following! other grlgates, red 
dfooted boobies, tropic-birds common noddies wedge-tailed shearvaters. 
Frigate stomachs contained half-beaks. 
Gray-backed tern stomachs contained purple shells this very fragile thin 
helmet shpaed thing which is littering the beaches in windrows. 
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Very few turtles sen at Kure. 
McDaniel flew us back to Midway about 1030 today. Boxes have hfinally 
arroved. 
Record Recovered a banded noddy. 
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Summary of Birds Present on Kure 
May 8-19, 19^3 
Laysan albatross - about 1000 adults not nearly as many as island would 
appear to support. Chicks fledging. 
