James P* Ludwig 
13, 1963 
5 
Flew to Kure on test flight of an "Albatross 
SAR plane. Had trouble landing at Kure. Killed 
two tropic!irds on pass over runway. Tailed to Lt. 
j g . Goodwin and he knows nothing of our plans. Thanks 
to Deseret. Called Maryanna when back at Midway 
a^d finally got through to her. Called Goodwin bacn 
and told him of developments. Bill Wirtz arrived 
and went to "0" Club for dinner to Dr. Millet 
and tp a movie. 
Out at 0630 to gun shorebirds. Got another 
Bristle-thighed Curlew and Sanderling ?. Missed a.. -- 
small peep. Skinned the two birds while Bill got 
some more equipment out of storage. Had the afternoon 
for Tropicbird banding and got 4-4 more, lound 
7 chicks and 2 adults with the bill-tumor disease 
all in one place where birds are concentrated. Bill 
found chick to tumor on manus of wing. Bill^iound 
dead chick that looked like rats had eaten it. 
Daring banding found 6 dead chicks. Total data on 
Tropicbirds to date: 
frUnr>Vo Adlllt S 
banded 115 ' band< ; d _ 15 
with bill disease 19 to bill- .disease 2 
total dead 9 
dead 1 
-hr, >>111 disease 4 dead to bill disease 0 
Tried head light shorebirds-unsuccessful. Caught 
5 Fairy Terns _ 
Total Bonin Petrels banded to date - o 
Total Fairy Terns banded to date - 8 
Total all species banded - l44 
Total number recoveries - l4 
Seutember 15 through 19, 19o3 
Spent most of this period banding birds 
(Total 762), making 76 recoveries in this period, 
o r g collecting numbers of birds and rats (j.otd.1 37 
specimens). Spent one day on Eastern Island where 
