Amerman, Kenneth E., 1964, 1966
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Amerman, Kenneth 1964 Landed briefly on Bird Island at 0930. No vegetation, long and thin, sand and ground coral with a little coral shelf at the East end. Banded one immature Masked Booby. Also present two adult Masked Boobies, one Wandering Tattler. Three Turnstones, and one Gray back. Stopped at Sand ? Island 1100. Masked Booby - 9, one banded. Hawaiian Noddy - 100 ? Common Noddy - 20 ? Turnstone - 2. Arrived Grass Island 1200. Fairy Tern 5 Frigate - 250+ Common Noddy - 3000+ Hawaiian Noddy - 2 - 3 Laysan Albatross - 3 Sanderling - 2 Turnstone - 3 Tattler - 1 Red-footed Booby - 1 (immature) Masked Booby - 2 (immature) Sooty Tern - 20 (in air) Red-tailed Tropicbird - 8 Wedge tail - 18 eggs and chicks Arrived Seal 1315 Common Noddy - 1500 Hawaiian Noddy - 700 Fairy Tern - 2 Sooty - 1000 - 1500 Grayback - 15 Frigate - 75 Laysan Albatross - 1 immature Red-tailed Tropicbird - 13 Masked Booby - 9 Turnstone - 9 Wedge tail - 4 seen Surveyed Kittery from Seal 2 Masked Booby 1 Frigate 2 Seals 1 Gray-back Turnstones