feet of the shore. I have seen them seimming among se^lsand they do 
not see® to bother the seels. While we were out to the ship today 
they caught a 10' sherk on e 2• hoook suspended fro® chain. We had 
to shot the shark with the carbine. In it’s somach w s a hold Albatross 
one complete flipper, end severe! large chunks of seal meet. The mouth 
opening was about 18 Inches across. This evening we split up into 
teams again to band birds, the highlightbeing the capture of our 
first Wedge tailed Shearwater. When we releasted it after banding 
after it ran rapidly over the ground for some sidtsnce while I 
followed before it finally flew, this is quite different from the 
petrels which are awkward in their movment on the ground. Qae team 
continued banding Black footed Albatross on fthe west end. The birds 
are harder to catch now probably because we have bothered ethem so 
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much. We banded a total of about 400 and 50 birds this date. 
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4 March 1963 
We had rain most of last night with winds shifting from south 
west to north tend then to eafit in the early morning. The tents are 
leaking considerablely and much of our gear got was from puddles 
collecting on the floor and waters dripping from the side seams. The 
morning was overcased, cold, and windy with the wind remaining t rom 
the east. Party continued to band adult Black foots and started 
banding Black chicks. We obtained data today on temperatures in the 
petrel burrows, we also made an afford to clean up some ot th.© deorey 
which had been left on the island by previous Inconsiderate groups 
and put it in a ! & rge hole which the sailors had dug for us on the 
island. We put karocine on it and burned it as much as possible 
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