Wirt 2 , W. 
1963 
Feb. 
ATF 
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almost cut off from the sea. There is e send spit between the tv/o sections 
on the north, end it is possible to wade across at the southern shore in 
water about knee deep. There is a large coral rock ledge along the south¬ 
ern side of the lagoon andthe western half of the island. The western h«rlf 
is very flat, end lower than the eastern larger section. It has somewhat less 
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vegetation then the eastern section. 
We set up our camp and then replaced the floor in the tower. Fred went 
after some gulls we had seen, Binion set up flags every 100 feet along an 
E-W line which the ships crew set up, end then we bended black foots for 
the rest of the afternoon, doing 200 on the eastern portion of the island. 
There are many seals hauled out along the shore, around the lagoon 
and even around the ponds. Some are hauled yulte a distance up on the 
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land# We observed one badly wounded adult on the east trip* It had 
recently crawled from the water and there w# ! a blood trail all the way 
up the beech. It had a large wound in front of the right front flipper 
end seve el smaller ones down the sides and cut the tail* I noted an 
adult on the north shore with a recent wound near the base of the tail. 
We have seen several sharks in the area. We have also noted some very 
red individuals; a rusty color which is perhaps e different type of algae. 
There are many thousand albatross of both)! species nesting on the 
island. Their chicks are larger than those on Midway. All three species 
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of boobies are nesting here. I have seen more browns. There ere frigates 
nesting, and we saw four troplcbirds. There has been a pall of sooty terns 
wheeling and screaming over the island todj^a, and it has grown to m&ny 
thousands by nightfall. The flocks come all most to the ground from time 
to time and some individuals alight momentftarily. We have found several 
Bonin chicks in burrows under boards on 
