. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 75 then under study by Betty Anne Schreiber, Ralph Schreiber's widow. The trip to Kwajalein was considerably more successful (Clapp 1990), although whether the military paid any attention to my comments on the ornithological importance of the various islets is unknown to me. Because the atoll has long been inhabited, the bird life is fairly sparse but occasional colonies remain on some of the more remote islands (Fig 31).. Figure 30. Banding a Masked Booby on Christmas Figure 31. Black Noddy (Anous minutus) co
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 75 then under study by Betty Anne Schreiber, Ralph Schreiber's widow. The trip to Kwajalein was considerably more successful (Clapp 1990), although whether the military paid any attention to my comments on the ornithological importance of the various islets is unknown to me. Because the atoll has long been inhabited, the bird life is fairly sparse but occasional colonies remain on some of the more remote islands (Fig 31).. Figure 30. Banding a Masked Booby on Christmas Figure 31. Black Noddy (Anous minutus) colony on Atoll. (Photo David W. Johnston) Enewetak Islet, Kwajalein Atoll. March 16, 1988. RECENT YEARS Over the years I have continued to work for the same organization at the Smithsonian through a number of title changes and affiliations ( National Fish and Wildife Laboratory, as part of the Biological Survey, and now as part of the Biological Resources Division of the GeologicalSurvey). Nonetheless, my desk stands less than 10 feet from where it did nearly 40years ago, although it now has two computers rather than a somewhat beat-up typewriter. Beginning in the early 1990's, I began working as senior editor of a book on "The Breeding Birds of Virginia" which is to include maps of bird distribution based in part on the work of the Virginia Bird Atlas Project 1984-1989. Consequently, much of my work has been focused on passerines since then. During this period I have gradually assembled a string of over 800 birdhouses located in five northern Virginia counties and have amassed considerable information on the breeding biology of various species, much of which is being used in species accounts being prepared by myself and others. Despite my interest in this project, I still remember my years in the Pacific as the high point of my career, and only wish I could visit them once again. While Central Pacific ornithology has produced much good material since the heyd
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