We have a few more black-footed albatrosses are hanging around, and 2 Laysan albatrosses just showed up today. We are just about done with all of our projects that have to be done before the birds come back en masse. Speaking of that, our lead paint remediation project is going well. The workers will be able to work for only about 2 more weeks before there are too many albatrosses around.
You may have also heard that a lot of the tsunami debris from Japan is making its way toward Midway and may be here sometime this winter. There are a lot of articles about it, but here's a link to a good one:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/tsunami-debris-floating-fast-towards-hawaii-111025.html
This was the only Black-footed albatross I saw on Eastern Island last week.
This is one of the early Laysan albatrosses.
I strung some new cable to our remote cameras on Eastern Island. This camera monitors the ducks at the Monument seep.
Anthony, Leann, and Anette are weeding the Short-tailed albatross plot so we can put the decoys in.
We haven't seen the Short-tailed albatrosses yet this season, but the decoys are freshly painted and enough of the verbesina is gone to allow easy access for the birds.
Clyde and Lynn from NOAA came out to do some work on the tide station. They gave a tour of their gear and a short presentation. I learned a couple of new things.
As I posted last week, Sak is leaving the island after almost 29 years. This is the line of people saying goodbye to him.
We had a Halloween party last night at Capt Brooks' Tavern.
Patty got rid of some expired light sticks for her costume.
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Hmm, it will be very interesting to see what types of debris you will encounter at Midway from the Japan tsunami. Hopefully much of it can be pulled from the water! A great post, as always. Thanks!
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