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Fleet, Robert
1964
19
Frigatebird = immature 375 estimate by assuming 50 % nest failure=1700-1900
local
84
nestling 8
Common Noddy = 2000 locals
1000 immatures
few eggs
Ruddy Turnstone = 23 seen
Golden Plover = 3
Hawaiian Noddy = 200-300, one on egg.
Gray-backed Tern = 2 immature, 3 adults
Bulver's Petrel = 75 - 100 (?)
Sooty Tern = saw four adults in evening.
Fairy Tern = 400-500 eggs to immature
Wedge-tailed Shearwater = 1500 downy chicks; some with body tracts in.
Blue-gray Noddy=400-500; eggs to immature.
Bandining Summary:
9/25 Necker Common Noddy (local) 793-29104 - 63
9/26 " " " " " 29164 - 200
9/25 " Red-tailed Tropicbird 635-20501 immature
2 adult
3 immature
4 local
5 local
6 immature
7 "
8 local
9 immature
10 local
11 "
12 "
13 adult on east
14 local
15 adult on east
16 local
17 immature
18 "
19 "
20 nestling Wedgetail
↓ "
40 "
Turtles = 2 (36 inches and 24 inches)
Seals = 13 adults (6 adult ♀; 1 adult ♂; 6 unclassified adults)