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I took two pictures of It and it returned to its burrow; one adult was 
observed tn another burrow). Red-tailed Tropicbird two (9;30 to 10:15 a.m. 
adults circling over bird colony, both landed once and were closely 
observed; the spot where they were found was marked and will be cheeked 
for signs of nesting), Brown Booby three. Red-footed Booby 4o+ 10, 
frlgatebird 150* 25, Golden Plover 30* 10, Ruddy Turnstone 25* 10, 
Wandering Tattler one. Sooty Tern two (one adult flying over bird colony, 
one immature on causeway perched for short tin®). Common Noddy 600+ 50, 
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White-capped Noddy five. Fairy Tern two. 
Mac MeConnaughey and I banded between 8 and 11:30 p.m. We banded 
twenty-one Common Noddies and two Ruddy Turnstones. Later in the evening 
Mac caught a Golden Plover by chasing it into the breezeway of the 
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barracks* It was held overnight in a box In the pump house. 
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November 10— The plover was banded and released in good condition 
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after /being held for about six hour? >. This technique will be tided again. 
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.'Several hours were spent making up orange tags (No. 3*s). We 
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ran ojut last night finishing up a string of Noddy bands. 
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1 Six Fairy Terns were reported from the bird colony. Three were 
observed to alight (one on the large antenna, two cm a guy wire), the 
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f/irat that I hand observed on rather than over Sand Island. 
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November 11— The island was surveyed between 8:15 and 10 
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Shearwater one (adult In burrow entrance asleep). Brown Booby three. 
Red-footed Booby 50* 10, frigatebird 4^0* 25, Golden plover 25 ± 5, 
Ruddy Turnstone 15* 5, Wandering Tattler one (heard). Sooty Tern one 
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