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Rainy tod y. Looked at a young red-tailed tropicbird in nest. Set 
up two nets end banded abo t two d sen Fairy Terns and Hawaiian Noddies. 
Both species nr fairyly numerous. The noddies are gathering nest material, 
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-The fairies are very tame# I haw not bee-' able to gat one to lend-oil my hand 
yet, but they come within a foot# 
This ftemoon we t:ok n LCM to Baste n Island. Walked the beach for 
about half of it. Saw 2 blue-faced’ boobies end numerous red-foote boobies* 
The red-foots were nesting In the Scaevola. sane eggs were laid but no 
nestlings* Smt one frlgaiebird (female'* a few tattlers, more plovers and 
turnstones# Looked at Harvey Fisher^ study area# A*so saw a couple of 
red-tailed t-ropiebirds* Mo sandorlings# Found 4 dead horned puffins an 
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beach. Robbins retrieved of then for skinning. Bo! Clerem reported 
one still alive on Kure I, This afternoon. 
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January 28 
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Sow McDaniel this morning, I have been given space on a AEW ARBOHPAC 
flight for 9 s.m. Wednesday. Clearances from DESERET have not come through* 
Chan took me in to meet Cndr. Bonfcall, the Executive Officer, and Capt. 
Johnson, the CO, ^oth w re most helpful, although dubious about our staying 
on P-K at this season. I cleared my flight back to Barber’s Pt. through 
MATS AHd ABWBARBONPAC. 
This afternoon Lt. McDaniel flew myself, Chan, and John Waters over 
to Poetl r.nd Herraes, We had a photogra .;hor aboard but the weather wss 
much too bed to et any good pictures. 
We saw all of the isl nds n the chain, ■nd it wasn’t too promising# 
