SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20060 
DROPPINGS FROM THE EAGLE' S ROOST 
September 28, 1966 
This edition is a day late, but we will blame the delay on 
the nasty weather we’ve been having. It is still raining here, but 
so far we haven’t had to swim to work yet, so we shouldn’t complain. 
Nothing much has been happening here in DC. Jane is still at 
Kent Point and we expect her back with us next Monday. We heard 
reports that she caught two Blue Grosbeaks and over this past weekend 
she had banded over 455 birds. We will expect a full report on 
Monday when she returns. 
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Max Thompson, Bob DeLong, and Dick Crossin are back with us for 
a while. Ken Balcomb was with us until Monday evening when he left 
for the West Coast and then on to Honolulu and some more field work 
provided the Draft board doesn’t change his plans. Roger Clapp is 
back with us too after being out sick for a week. It is just great 
having people back in Washington alter being almost deserted for 
what seemed to be ages. 
We had a letter this week from Dick Maze. He finally made 
it to West Africa and is now teaching school there. He had a 
stopover en route in Portugal but after a week of wining and so 
forth he arrived in Ghana on the l4th of September. 
Binion reports that he received another shipment of goodies 
from Honolulu and he and Jaye Cee are busily working on them. 
Once again, Room 605 is off limits by choice to the female Project 
Members l 
We heard from Honolulu that Esther'Morgan will be working 
for a-’,MD and leaving the Honolulu Office. Good luck to her in 
her new position. She will be replaced by Pam Bulmer, Walt's wife. 
Welcome aboard, Pam. 
The following are returns which were received during the past 
week: 
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757-23587 - Lays an Albatross, I-U, banded Lays an Island, 20 July 
1965I was captured by a Japanese fishing boat on 27 June 1966. The 
boat was located at 43 0 39'N, 153°54’E. 
722-11307 - Ruddy Turnstone, A-U, banded on Zapandi, St.George 
Island^ 08-O8-I966, was recaptured same place on 08-11-66 and found 
by a young boy on the eastern shore of Niotufoua School, Vaitupu Is., 
Ellice Island Group, 09-17-66. 
777-55777 - Great Frigatebird, I-U, banded on Enderbury Island 
02-14-66, Caught by two fishermen who claimed the bird swooped down 
on them and they hit it with their oar, breaking its wing. They 
killed and ate the bird. The bird was found 08-24-66 just off Lukunor 
a small reef in the Mortlock Group 175 miles se of Truk (153°49'E,5°31'N). 
