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Sundell, R. A . 
1965 H 
October 21 — Ken and I banded three db* and two 9$ frlgateblrde, one 
Immature (car dark phase t) Bed-footed Booby and about twelve Common 
Noddles (one of these had a band that we removed from It 725-44022j ones 
of Aahmole * a $ we rebanded Itj the leg was bleeding all^itly under the 
old band). 
mam 
spent 
Catching up on long-overdue field notes. I<ate In the afternoon Ken 
received word that his flight to Honolulu originally scheduled for a.a. 
23 rd had been moved up to this evening. X went to the MATS terminal with 
Ken, Duncan and Hint on who were also going back on the same plane. We 
came 
back before the plane took off ( 11:50 p.m.) 
squaring away Ken’s things 
left I looked 
through banding records and then finished the field notes 
In the middle of 
Golden 
can move about actively but cannot stay on its feet for very long. It 
wag attacked by two Ruddy Turnstones and driven under a rock. The 
bird was recaptured and returned to the pusp house. 
Oct obey 24— A morning (9 to II a.m.) survey of the bird colony was made. 
A total of eight White-capped Noddles was counted, mostly on or around 
wire* 
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corner. Also 450+ Common Nddiee were observed, as well as five Brown 
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Boobies 1504- frigatebirds, 125 Red-footed Boobies, twelve Golden Plover 
and ten Ruddy Turnstones. Three Fairy Tertis flew over for about ten 
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minutes. One o' frlgatebird with its red gular sac expanded was noted. 
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