First Night & Day

It's definitely different here. We had to land after dark because there's only a few birds flying around at night instead of the 100,000's by day. After I was briefed, I got issued my bicycle and flashlight and followed after John, my new boss, in his golf cart. We had to swerve through hundreds of petrels and albatrosses who think that the road is as good a place to sleep as any. They don't seem to mind us passing within inches of them though. And they will not move out of the way for bikes, people, or golf carts until you push them.

My house isn't bad for a 1950's style military place. I'll have two volunteers for roomies who are here for 3 fabulous unpaid months. Then I'll have the place to myself for 3 more months. I took some pictures with my new camera today. 1002 so far in about 8 hours and I've only seen about half of the island (I took a lot just to test out the camera and deleted a few hundred of them already). It's really beautiful here. I've already seen seals, turtles, and of course a bird or two.

The food is good so far and there is going to be a big BBQ for everyone tonight so I'll probably get to meet many of the other 65 people on the island.



There's only one beach people can use. The rest are for seals and turtles.


This is the sunflower plant that is taking over all of the nesting spots that I'll be trying to get rid of .

Two Tropicbirds.

My house is on the right.