W Irt z, 
1963 
W. March 79 
A3F 
8 March 1963 
Wc had strong winds all night from the south, and a heavy rain 
early in the morning w ich drove in through the front of the tent, 
soaking some of our gear again. The day was clear and windy. All of us 
handed chicks this morning. I w»s Just able to find 200 black-foot chicks 
on the east side. We finished chicks at noon and then began breaking 
camp and packing our gear to return to the ship. The first trip was 
made about 1430 and the second about 1850. All the gear was stowed 
in the Beo’n's locker and we will have to dry it out and dead it 
up at Midway over the weekend. 
A final check was made on the seal around the island this 
morning about 0930, with the following results. 
#167 east beach 
Nos. 83 end 96 NE beach 
#141 east pond 
#86 north beach on west side. 
Adult in water off north beach on west 3 ide. 
#114 west end of west side. 
Unmarked yearling up in vegetation off southwest ledge. 
#99 west side of the lagoon -oemp near the- refuge-*4gn-. 
Unmarked adult in front of our camp near the refuge sign. 
We left for Midway about 1630, and wilJ be sailing all night 
to get there in the morning. 
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9 March 1963 
Arrived at Midway about 0500 this morning, an bored off the island 
and went in to the fuel pier about 0800. Fred, Bob and I went to see 
