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I -ot nr earlf^and talked to the notth end of the 
sland looking for a Christmas Island Shearwater chick 
I" had deem before-— b^o T ht it b?ck and banded - 
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it and took measurement 
for a v cBee card* 
Bill and I split out some lumber and I built 
-^rh- mo ooul d do cTwermerta or whop rats eat 
ind desication on rats and how long they can live with- 
rut - water o- Be wands — to take te.^poratu:-es — and-oth e r — 
•oody fun experiments 
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supper I~WEithed and measured the Brown 
rhe immature birds come back to the island at ni 
U" rooswi r o i coni":, measure- - 'cnc.-n lamer —= eo—seo 
the measurements change after they start to fly* 
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T dont think tnat all of the immature birds come Sack 
4-V ~ *• e* ~l n virl 'rP 
There is a new Brown Boobie nest in trie north 
~ i was cum 
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resterday and walked within 10 ft© of the nest and 
did not see the egg so I an sure the egg was lay-ri today* 
r- had ■ noticed the bi’ - ds st an d 4ur _ thara . la . l - nl V-b:r L-did- 
not even consider that there were starting to nest 
was the adult of that nest. There is also a nest with 
two eggs in it in the south antenna field, and a chick 
•a bout gb9-days old 
: i11 dave berth and T went out and caurrht 21 
rats in 20 minutes north of the runway* 
rs s cate red nro 'wo st me - 
The area 
4t is not 
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very healthy vegetation beeaous of the coral* 
After playing bin game hunter we walked to 
■ ? ^ i . - I - , h .. An i d-^ d t . h -a -i si .an d locking for shore blmds. 
rW 
-411 « caup'ht a Bristle-thighed curlew* 
WTXaTicn r - e ' ven - see or-sear anu - —'ucoy 
’olden nlevers. 
