Simdell, R. A. 
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1963 
Early In the evening the Red-footed Boobies roosting on the guy 
vires were carefully checked as they came in. A final estimate of 850 + 
25 was made. 
d ■ jfecg mb e r; 12- -A survey of the bird colony was, made from 8:30 to 9:30 a.a. 
Red-footed Bobbies 150+ 2> Golden Plover ho { Great J*igateblrd 230* 20 
Ruddy Turnstone 25 Noddy Tern 1000+ 100 Wandering Tattler 1 
Brown Booby 10 
Tbe morning was spent packing specimens and other materials 
plus personal belongings and preparing to leave Sand Island., The 11:JO 
M boat was late but I finally got to Johnston about noon and to the 
MATS terminal about twenty minutes later. 
The plane was a half hour 1st© leaving at 2 p.ta. and arriving at 
Hiekara APB at 5: JO p.m. I then took a cab to the Hawaiian King Hotel 
in Honolulu after stopping at International Airport to make reservations 
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for the first flight to Washington. 
December 15—I left Honolulu on a United flight at J p.m. and arrived 
in Los, Angeles at 10:15 p.m. There was a change to another United 
flight which left at 11:30 p.m. 
D ecem ber l4r~The plane landed at Dulles at 6:15 s.m. I Caught a cab 
to National Airport where my wife picked ms up at about 7:^5 a.m. 
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