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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