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Amerman, Kenneth
1964
Red-footed Booby - Bonding cont.
737-44145 Immature - Unknown February 12, 1964
46 Adult - Unknown "
47 Subadult - Unknown "
48 Immature - "d
49 Subadult - " 13
50 Adult - Unknown 25
51 Immature - " "
52 Immature - " 26
53 - Adult - " " Nest 2
54 - Adult - " " "
55-58 Immature - Unknown "
60 " " " 29
61 " " March 5
65 " " April 1
70-76 " " 13
77 Audit - Q ? 16 egg 6
Returns
737-44101 Adult - Unknown April 3, 1964 Nest 1
125 " " 12 " 2
115 " " 17 4
103 " " 14 5
107 " " 16 8
Red-footed Booby - Notes
January - February 15 - Population fluctuates 1800 - 2300 nightly,
may get as high as 3000.
February 4 - One trying to build a nest 2 feet off ground on reinforcing
rods projecting from broken concrete by near guy wire, southeast shore.
February 10 - Same bird continues to try and establish nest.
February 15 - A second bird sitting daily between Frigates and Brown
Boobies.
February 19 - Nest seems established on rubber at water's edge.
Another site under construction on piling off southeast shore. Occupied
first by white adult, then subadult or brown phase.
February 23 - First egg, in nest on hill above Frigates. Scanty
nest, acutally just a flattened area.