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11-21-63 
Up today with the thumb still inflamed. In the AM I took 
care of odds and ends in the buildings, prepared a kit for tick 
collections at Midway, soaked the thumb, and had a long talk 
with Sundell and Bushmann at Sand via the Short Wave. I think 
that the talk with Bushmann straightened him out on some 
of our problems out hero, and gave him first hand infor¬ 
mation on what is available to Deseret from this atoll. Ke seeiru- 
ed particularly interested in getting live Rats from Kura ship¬ 
ped back, and expressed interest in obtaining some of the 
albatross to be killed at Midway in January, and also an interest 
in obtaining live Bonin Petrols. We will have to talk with Chan 
about his work before getting many from Midway. 
In the afternoon wo finally got a flight to Midway ( Bill 
and I ) taking the precious cargo of ticks along. Herb was very 
helpful when we arrived. In the evening we looked at the Bonin 
Population and saw even fewer than when I was at Midway last 
• week. About 30-40 percent of the roosting numbers seem there 
now. 
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11-22-63 
Today in the midst of a terrible rain I went to Eastern to 
look for ticks - No luck. While there I saw a water spout 
( tornado over water ) go between the two islands, and the 
ominous day turned worse when news of Predident Kennedy*s 
assassination reached me. While there I notea that the Frigate 
population is quitelcw - Counted 43 soaring and 11 in the trees 
of Eastern, and the Rod-footed Boobys were also very few in 
numbers.Saw only two. No Sooty terns. Turnstones, plovers, sever¬ 
al tattlers, and one Br. thighed Curled were the shorebirds 
seen 0 There is an immense population of albatross however. And, 
on the beach facing 122 Sand Id. NONE are banded. S looked at 
at least $00 birds near the boat landing seeing only one 
( unmated ? ) unmated bird with a band. This state of affairs 
is very annoying and leads me to ask the embarrassing question 
of what has Dr. Fisher been doing the past six years? The answer 
may be obvious. 
Back at Midway we began and finished the uncrating of the 
building in the afternoon while it deluged and turned 
much colder* In the evening it was Shrimp Creole at she 
0 Club for a pleasant change* Also saw today Dr. Pettengill, my 
Biological Station professor, today who is photographing the 
gooneys here. A pleasant suprise. 
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