National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 228 Folder 24
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Kiribati
Enderbury Atoll
Date Range:
1964
Start Date:
19640227
End Date:
19640302
Abstract:
The black-and-white photographs document field work on Enderbury Atoll in Kiribati, February 27 - March 2, 1964. Images have captions on the reverse side listing location, date range, description, negative number, and photographer (Roger Clapp). Subject matter covers various birds in habitat (Red-footed Booby, Greater Frigate), vegetation (Messerschmidia), hermit crabs utilizing shed for protection from sun, Brown Booby nest with eggs, nesting habitat (Red footed Booby, Great Frigate), camp, participants (Clapp, Sibley, and Hackman) conducting census of bird colony.
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