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Sanderling- uncommon more them 3 (5-1/29) 
Wandering tattler - uncommon possibly 10-12 
everywhere 
runways, etc. will be very difficult to count estimate 300 or more. 
Ruddy turnstones-common probably not as numerous as the plovers at least 
200 . 
Jan. 29: Checked with McDaniel this am. Inable to get to Kure becayse of 
other flights sehelduled. Reeirived Received letter from NSC Pearl Harboe 
containing 7 IBM cards fir supply items. Checked these our with Lt. Gregg 
Fischer at Supply. They are for minor items which we were supposed to get 
at Pearl Harbor They have evidently been sent hare in error. Lt. Fischer 
claims albatross shipment •trill be ne trouble whatsoever. We will be able to 
ship on the regu are log flight via TIA as soon as we get authorization. 
McDaniel has sent a message to DESEREt requesting such authority as we 
do not have it at the moment. 
I west to Weather this morning and got excellent cooperation from 
Lt. Garrett there. I got a copy of their satistlcal summary of local weather 
conditions for 1962 and climatological summaries for January and February, 
zl have arranged for them to route a copy of their monthly summaries to us 
via Lt. MCDaniel. 
This Hi I helped Chan band some black-footed albatrosses. I believe 
That I can handle this birds fairly well now having done several hundred. 
We saw a Bonaparte’s gull on the south shore of Sand Island near thi 
dump. Also saw two immature gulls of U/K species. Also saw two common 
noddies and 5 sandierlings. 
Bob Cleram recovered 2 more horned piffins. This makes a total of 9 
all six that wer recovered weref|?° 
