We arose before 0706 this morning end set out in different directions 
to examine the island. This is the most deserlet place I have every 
seen. The island is 8 pancake one x five eight’s of a mile. It Is 
about 30 feet above sea level at the high point on the west side, else¬ 
where is is 10 to 15 feet/ The vegetation is very apereh 8 great deal 
of being dead. There is some course grass, creeping , no puncture 
weed, e different type of creeping vien only on the beachs which is 
quite green. There are large patches of a dead woody shurb and some 
aline. Several deed trees, but with the exeetption of the greass 
most of the orbasous plants are prostrate, only the north wert beach 
near the light house is sand to the waters edge. All of the other 
beachs have large rock ledges which are completely exposed at low 
water, and project in places are high water. The surf is extremely 
rough oner all of these areas and begins to form several hundred yards 
off shore, coming in serrlres of 5 to 10 foot waves. There is a rock 
ledge under the landing beach too but it is just under water at low 
tide. ?uch of the island it covered with military dsbrey vehicles, 
quansit huts, airplanes, earthen defenseworks, a grave yard, wooden 
frame buildings that are col&sped. The bird life of the island is 
almost nonexstitent, it does appear that some frigates or boobies 
may nest in and about the sallasping buildings at the north east side, 
none are active now. There are quan on many of the taller project¬ 
ions about the island perhaps from frigates. There is a colony of perhaps 
a 100 and 50 Common Noddies on.a small island in en oddifiel pond left 
at the east side of the island. In made e bird count as I walked the 
island this morning from 0800 to 1200 total including 28 plovers, 
3 Mesked Boobies, one Brown Bo by, 6 Turnstones, 3 Tattles , 150 
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