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SCHREIBER 
CHRISTMAS ISLAND 
1 
April 
HAVE BEEN Feeling sickly all day, bad fever and 
the runs, maybe something i ate but the guys say 
that everyone has it = ,... did not get too much ! 
done. 
WEnt back to the same frigate and booby colony as : 
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last night and banded and bled. 
GF; found and marked 14 nests with eggs, mostly 
with the males sitting on the eggs but many with 
both birds closeby. Banded a female (837-10555) 
that had a complete hole in the lower gular region 
This was a old hole and appears to be healed the 
bird is healthy and does not seem to be bothered 
by the hole. Was sitting on an egg. 
RFB: fluond one rkxnkxwxth nest with a chick less 
than 10 days old, and found 11 nests with eggs, 
marked all thdswe with orange paint. 
ST: while driving to london in themorning along 
the main road about a haT mile south of the water 
hole there were sooty terns sitting on the gound 
in large numbers. When the car appraoched they 
flew but settled again. Also there were many more 
in the air tan there have been. They are on the 
ground only in places where the grass is thin, 
scattered amoung the coconut trees that are freshly 
planted. No eggs seen. 
GF: D cook was ekeaning fish along the bridge and 
there were some 60+k frigates comming within two 
three feet of where the people were working. Of 
there birds did not see one adult felame or males, 
there were all white headed birds or withlots of 
white on the breast. During the night banding 
foundan imm that regurgiated one of the fish that 
had been cleaned and thrown into thewater. 
3 April 
felt sick andin bed or running to the john all day 
checked ST along london road andnone were on the 
ground all during the day or at night. Had fever 
and still the runs but fever broaii during the 
night. 
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SCHREIBER 
CHRISTMAS.XXXEKX ISLAND ^ 
y. A e ain drove the Manula- normals lagoon foad in 
the afternoon and went back in the evening to finis 
h the band string and do some measurements. 1 
thought that i knew this area pretty well, after 
almost a week in it but when got there at night 
could not find most of the colonies that i expectec 
to. The birds are just too spread out... 
BFB: during the afternoon found thre new nests 
or the beginings of them. Near nest #1 there was 
a pair of adults on the ground which took to the 
air as soon as i got in sight. Beyond the ford 
there was one two egg clutch and found another 
clutch with one chick less than to days old, this 
nest had had two eggs but the other chick must have 
been destroyed, but egg shell laying around, wondei 
why they are not removed furh'er, must not have anj 
survival value for this species. Saw an immature 
bird flying well in the colony area. At night 
painted two adults with a chick less than 20 days, 
one, female, new banding and the other a return 
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REDFOOOTED BOOBY: in the major colony area found 
40 nests with fresh eggs, showing some development 
but mostly watery. Found 6 nests with chicks two 
months old or so, showing full down, standing up 
right and beginning to get some scapular feathers. 
Quite alert and at night theee chicks cluck with 
the adults sitting nearby. Found 5 nests with 
chciks less thanone month, and 4 nests with chciks 
less than 10 days old. am not sure the this is 
all but a good sample 66 the birds in this area, 
a mile and a haf further down the road found a 
colony on the right side of the road vithtwo 
chicks two months old, but no other eggs. 
GREAT FRIGATEBIRD: same areas a* as above, found 
24 nests with eggs plus 12 immature birds ditting 
around nearby, also one chick at two months did. 
There are many adult males with full sacs displayi 
ng in this area. Ofver the colony counted loo 
birds at one time during my disturbacnce. Th the 
dast of the road tfound 73 nests with fresh eggs, 
and three chicks less than a month old. THere are 
a few imm in this area but mast of nests are new. 
The frig nests are in low bushes usuallly not more 
than two-4 feet high while the majority of the 
RFB nests are in scaevola and »a some of them are 
