SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20560 
ISO 'ywrW 
8 August 1966 
Unn^O 
Dear Jane: 
In haste. We have a shot ready to go but the boat is coining this 
afternoon and must get these letters off. We are going great guns this 
year. Up to this morning we have banded 1313 and obtained 3l£ returns. 
We are running about 20% returns each day. The new equipment is great. 
We made a shot to end all shots and got hlk birds. We have been working 
extremely late hours because of these large shots. Yesterday we left the 
house at 0630 and got back and 11 p.m. This has been going on now since 
August 1 and we are dead but will get another I 4 .OO today just the same. 
I sent you a wire yesterday. The camouflage netting is the cats meow 
as the birds come right back into the net with it. The only rub is that 
it is extremely fragile and probably won’t make to many shots. We are 
already getting big rips in it. We only have a short piece in reserve so 
will be waiting anxiously for it. The streamers are urgent as we are 
about 1200 jpirds ahead of last year already and last year we handed li5>00 
birds. That means we could really go to nearly 7-8000 this year or more. 
So we need those as soon as possible. We hope they are already threaded 
but will take them anyway if not. We don't have much time on our hands this 
month to set around and do them. 
The weather has been something short of fantastic. The lakes are 
drying up and have big mud flats on them. The sun shines daily it seems 
and is wonderful. We just hope the birds don't decide to pack up and leave 
on these clear nights although we are not loosing any yet. The migration 
ist starting now. We have small flocks of Baird's Sandpipers here now 
which is uncommon on ^t. Goerge says the books ha. We have about 10000 
At uddy Turnstones here now and there are alot of red rumps in them now. 
^he number of returns floors me as I had expected on the basis of last year 
to get a total of 600 for the year. I am already half there. I expect 
it to start tapering off now though as the p^oung will be dribbling in now. 
We took the first yesterday. We have taken 5 Hong Kong bands. I am sending 
a list of them to MCClure in the mail today and you can submit the official 
ones to the banding office or however you do it. I am sure they are banded 
in Japan just the same even though they are not Japanese bands. 
Enclosed is the monthly report which is pretty feeble but done in about 
30 minutes. Actually it covers everything and is to the point. 
I must close and get to East. Hope all is well and that the IOC people 
were a big success. 
My best 
