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1963 
Feb* 
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and one yearling on this beach. One adult crawled forward and bumped into 
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the yearling. The latter jumued suddenly rn snojted, and then rolled 
over. Ab I approached one raised to look st me, then the second turned 
to look et ne. Then the sec nd and the yearling started to rove toward 
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the water. I walked within about two feet of the other adult, la 1 
passed it turned to watch me and then put its heed back down again. 
As long as you move slowly around them and do not touch th m th y seem 
to show little fear, but the slightest touch alarms them, and they 
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,;um3 ur and snort, : nd then usually go humping off into the water. 
One large adult moved into the water in front of me. A second 
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one remained still till I was about 10 feet away, then raised up suddenly 
and turned toward me, making one of their great belchin ’o*rs, thon turned 
and went into the water. 
After tba straight beach n the northwest side o r the island there 
is a crescent beach about 100 yards long, curving back toward the east. 
This bosch had no seals on it when it oasaed. The beach is 20 to 30 
feet wide with many small chunks cf coral scattered in t h sand nnd then 
a slight crest before the vegetation takes over. There were albatross 
nesting along the edge here; about equal numbers of block-foot and Laysan. 
I observed a flock of 20k bristle t: ighed curlews on t r each 
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flushed up and circled around me, then headed into the interior of the i 
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island. 
I observed an adult mi le sleeping in the f navolo ! ere. The edge of Its 
left fore flip .or was freshly torn off. I also notes an adult and a 
yearling female sleeping up here n the b shes, over th sand crest. 
I noted 9 sanderlings on this bench also, oad five mo ro bristle-thighed 
curlews. 
