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November l4, 1963 
AIR MIL 
Mr. Bob Sundell 
U. S. C. G. LORAN Station 
APO 105 
San Francisco, California 
Dear Bob: 
Well, you are soon to have company. Hope George gets there 
without any problems. He has been given the overall picture as to ■what 
is expected of him while he is there. You will have to give him a full 
set of "working instructions" that can only be given in the fieLd. 
Make sure he learns all of the details of banding and the art of bird 
population estimating. 
The March report has already begun to come into the picture. 
Mr. John Dennis, a professional scientific writer, arrived this week 
to edit the whole report after everyone finishes his segment. Sand 
Island in conjunction with the YA.G grid survey is quite Important in 
this report. Hill wants a detailed account of the fauns., flora, etc. 
of Sand. I have begun some of this already, but your accounts will add 
to it. It is to include up to the time you leave. Be thinking about 
it. Specific things you need to obtain are as follows; 
1. Vegetation map of the eastern part--plot major plants 
(especially Bunch grass. Puncture weed)—general areas— 
on map already drawn. 
2. Plot bird nesting areas (in general) 
3. Make a bird population estimation (including breeding 
status of each) before you leave. 
4. Bring back (or send back air mail now) all ectoparasites 
collected. 
5. Extract from the C. G. Log Book a summary of the weather 
data since July 1. Miller and I did it for a year (up to 
June) while he was there and Lt. Hayes has this report— 
i ask to see it. We found an average temperature (dry and 
wet) for each reading period for each month* Also average 
wind speed and direction per reading for each month was 
taken. Follow this same procedure (rII was calculated 
later). 
