Wirtz, W. 
1963 
Feb. 
Vlf 
- 20 - 
#4 yearling - male;. 
1 
#6 yearling - female 
#7 yearling - ? 
We turned in around midnight after a hectic day, but very happy at last 
that the bed was not rocking. 
12 February. 1963 
We got up about 8 this morning, and the night proved to be much colder 
than we had anticipated, as we all froze in our one blanket. The wind has 
shifted from the southwest to the northwest. We had some rain and high winds 
during the night, but the tents remained secure. 
This morning we split into two groups. Bob and I going south of the boat 
landing on the west shore, and Binion, Fred and Allen taking mist nets in to 
the lagoon. 
Bob and I worked our way down the beach till just past the second rocky 
region, and then turned inland and cut through the Scaevola and grass areas 
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till we came out in a more open habitat which runs between the ridge of the 
island and the west shore of the lagoon. We then turned north and walked 
back through this area to the camp for lunch. 
We observed large numbers of Laysan albatross nesting in the veget >.tion 
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at the edge of the sand beach, but there do not seem to be many black-foots in 
this area. We also observed some masked and brown boobies nesting on the ground 
among the albatross, and are fairly concentrated groups of frigate birds. The 
liter do not appear to be breeding as jet. We observed numerous fairy terns 
