end server?1 Masked Boobies in the air. The islands are all very low 
maybe 5 or 6’ above see level. We spent only an hour at Kure and 
observed some Albatross and Masked Boobies nesting: in the vegetation. 
ffo'. 
About a dosen Red tailed Tropicbirda were seen end four dozen or so 
Frigatebirds. There sees to be many rats on the island end several 
were seen running around in the vegetation and feeding on dead birds. 
We were told that young seal (Monk) had been born during the night 
and when we went out to photograph it found it deed. We brought it 
back as did we also a Horned Puffin which we found der-d on the 
beach, late this afternoon we collected 10 Black footed Albatross 
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for blood samples and skins. We then spent the evening working on 
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these birds and preparing the seal specimen. 
21 February 1963 
This project ss w a obtaining some supplies which we wil need 
to go ashore at Pearl nad Hermes, rest of party worked on Albatross 
skins. We all did miscellaniou • chores this afternoon the weather 
has turned wuite bad high winds, rain and very rough seas even in the 
sheltered habor. The ship had intended to move to the fueling peer 
today which outside of the sheltered hsbor but did not because of 
the adverse condition (weather). 
22 February 1963 
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Most of today we spent on eastern island collecting Red footed 
Boodles, and looking for Troplcblrds. Eastern like Sand is covered with 
Navy instalations but much of those on the former ere now in the ruins. 
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