Wirt z 
1965 
W. 7 Feb. 
ATF 
catch basin under the fountain and then raise up so it looked like they 
could almost get out of the pool. But they would just hang over the edge, 
so that I could squat within a foot of the head, and look out at the people. 
The zoo was about typical for a small zooj nothing unusual but the 
animals were nicely kept. Because of the favorable climate all of the animals 
are in outdoor cages with shelters against rain, and the cages are all set 
nicely in vegetation so that they are naturally shaded and have somewhat of 
a natural appearance. 
7 February. 1963 
xhe ship remained tied up at Pearl Harbor most of today and there was 
little we could do. It finally got under way about 1600 and steamed up and 
down off Honolulu until 2000 when they decided that the repair was satisfactory 
and headed again for French Frigate Shoal. 
Binion and I stayed up on the flying bridge till about 2100. The moon 
was full and there were very few clouds in the sky, and we felt conditions 
would be good to observe night activity among the birds. We were steaming 
directly away from the moon so that it threw a wide swath of light on the 
water astern where the albatross normally follow. But no albatross were 
seen, nor did we see any birds against the light of the moon. Once I identified 
by their calls a small group of terns going over, but this was the only bird 
activity we recorded this evening* 
we observed 2 stilts and 3 sanderlings on the sand bars around the mouth 
of the harbor as we left today. We noted our first black-footed albatross 
about an iour after we had left the pier and only about 10 minutes after we 
