Ludv ig, James Pinson April 1 through May 7, 1964 
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April 1, 1964 th rough April 17, 1964 
Starbrite's April cruise occupied this period and on it ve set a 
new record of forty-three birds collected (l8, JPL) tvo banded birds, and 
tvo new species. Weather was poor, but results of the trip good. 
April 21, 1964— l6lg Whitman and I left for Kauai for work at Kilauea Light 
house bird colonies. Weather at Lihue (1700) Intermittent rain, 80 per 
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cent cloud cover, to °P 82. Wind 2 from ESE. • 
I immediately noted an increase in the bird-population. After banding 
and observing the wedgetails (three hours) Doug and I agreed on an 
estimate of 5000^ one thousand pairs. At 1830 a 6° Binocular field had 
between 65 and 95 birds - as far as could be seen in any seaward 
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direction the numbers of wedgetails booked like an immense feeding flock 
so groat were their numbers. We handed a total of 257 wedgetails 
tonight (eight dark phase). 
Boobies were also way up. Counted 1125* fifty on the roosts with 
an estimated 25&- twenty-five subadult and Immature birds. Banded one 
bird. Numbers of chicks present now. 
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April 22 —In a.m. most boobies left the colony, there being only about 
four hundred birds there at 1100. Doug and I apparently picked up a 
mild food poisoning and so heading home about 2 p.a. today instead of 
working here toraarrow. 
April 24— Dr. Berger and I flew to Maui today in spite of my troubles 
with the food poisoning. The flight over precipitated a high temperature 
chills and while the Unsais welcomed Andy and I by treating us to 
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Japanese cuisine. I could not eat any of it but sat by to shiver and 
JL L*_. _ . , , v . I'll never eat SPAM 
Sweat./ -This is like relapsing undulant fe er 
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I again, not even to keep up ray strength for the S. I. 
