up along the went aid® of the lagoon. It had been there for some tine. 
Before dinner tonight Alt and I banded about 400 Laysen chicks. 
After dinner Allen, Fred, Morris and I did about 250 more adult 
black-foots, and Bob end Binion masked 9 active petrel nests and 
banded petrels. 
7 March 1963 
The weather today was clear and windy. The wind shifted from 
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the east to the southeast this evening. The moon is full. 
Allen end Bob banded chicks of Laysans and blsck-foots respectively 
this morning while Fred continued on adult black-foots. Binion worked 
on the insects on the west side and I took black and vrhit pictures of 
the geography of this island. 
This afternoon Morris and I took a load of gearjback to the ship, 
and I talked for over and hour with the captain about j*our /ilens for the 
rest of the trip. The rest of the party continued banding chicks and 
adult black-foots. 
Tonight we band another 200 adult black-foots and Bob and 
Binion continued banding petreal and making nests. The sooties are 
spedking more time on the ground now, and the flocks of gray-becks are 
larger. Three more wedge-tailed shearwaters were noted tonight. I 
counted 10 turtles banded up on the beach while we were bending over 
on the north side tonight. Nine of them were in one tight group. Two 
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untagged seels were also noted. 
