Sundell, Robert A. 
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Hoygi^er jS->Today was spent catching upon’field note's and correepondence. 
Wien this is done last progress report will be written. 
vary strong winds and several short but intense showers occurred 
aring tbs evenifig. It became noticeably cooler after the first sews 
showers had passed, as if a cold front had moved Into the area. 
Ilovg nfoer j —'Uhe bird colony was surveyed between 8:50 ahd 10 a.m. wil 
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater case (tagged 
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around bird colony about six times between 9 and 9:15 a.m.j bird called 
once). Brown Booby three (one over ©set end of island circling with 
frigatebircls). Red-footed Booby 55# 10 (Maximum of twelve circling with 
frlgateblrda). Great Prigateblrd 200 to 250 (mostly circling over the 
east end of the is landj one cf carrying a logn strand of vegetation 
returned repeatedly to the same location near the five iraaature frlgate- 
bird.s_ toward tb< wrth end of the high part of the island: six of the 
fourteen immature frigatebirda are now flying), Golden Plover 25± 5 , 
Ruddy ! Jumstone 1 >± 5, Wandering Tattler one, Sooty Tern two (immature© 
1 lying), CosBfiaoii Noddy 80Of 50, White-capped Noddy four. 
Banded from 10:50 p.m. to 2;15 cum.: Shearwater one ( 615 - 01001 ), 
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Noddy 25 (755-502-4i, 48, 54 - 77 ) • A large number of dead chicks was 
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noted along the southeast margin of the bird colony in the area where 
Bushman caught birds for the shipment. An,actual count will be tafeon 
during the day. Only five adult frigatebirds were flushed from the bird 
colony (smallest number yet) but many were recorded an the guy wires 
It is very difficult to measure the effect of the disturbance to the 
