Hawaiian Islands area observation check-lists November 1964 (R. S. Standen - C. H. Gilbert cruise 77)

2 mi Location Off Suptoj Oahu C.H.Gilbert Cruise 77 Observer Standen Date 10 November 69 Time 130 to 1700 Weather Strong Trades blowing over sea partly cloudy 5.6 SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 1,1 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Total 509 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 feeding flocks Great Frigatebird 3 5 flocks of Sootyshe Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 0,0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy 45 Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shear Pet sp. 10 Booby sp. 5 81,8 Sooty Shearwat 45 in 5 large flocks migrating 569' 92.5

Location Northwest Coast of Oahu then to Kauai C.H. Gilbert Crew's 77 Observer Stanford Date 11 Nov. 1964 Time 7-3h30 Weather Windy in morning tapering off late SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 67 8.7 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 Total White-tailed Tropicbird 4 121 Masked Booby flock Basler (RF) Brown Booby 20 Red-footed Booby 23 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 0,0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Booby (sp) 10 Tern (ap) 8 Sooty Shear 7 Tropicbird sp. 1 Newell Sh. 2 0,9 121 = 16.1

Location Between Kauai & Ni'ihau C.H. Gilbert Cruise 77 Observer R.J. Hender Date 12 Nov. 1964 Time 0630 to 1630 Weather Clear with light winds 10,0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Obs. interrupted during blood sampling but we Remarks were in flocks all the time during the sampler. Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 225 22,5 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Total 544 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby 1 Brown Booby 23 Red-footed Booby 138 Great Frigatebird 13 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 21 2,1 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy 120 Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's shear 1 3 flocks 544 54,4

Location off Kauai Rock & back to Niihau U.S. Robert Cruise ?? Observer R.D. Standin Date 13 Nov. 1964 Time 0653 to 1730 Weather Clear most of the day rain in after noon (squalls) Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Do watch 1330 - 1500 Laysan Albatross 3 1 Black-footed Albatross 1 3 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 108 11.9 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Total birds Bulwer's Petrel 547 Sooty Petrel 3 flocks Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby 4 Brown Booby 60 Red-footed Booby 60 Great Frigatebird 43 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 75 8.2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 52 Hawaiian Noddy 100 Blue-gray Noddy 4 Fairy Tern 5 3.0 Sooty Shearwater 27 Oiled dark Storm Petrel 1 Sooty Storm Pet. White Ringed Storm Petrel 2 forked tail. 547 = 60.1

Location Off West + North Coasts of Oahu CA Gilbert Cruise 27 Observer DR J Shanks Date 14 May 1964 Time 0645 to 1730 Weather Clear & very calm - beautiful day. SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Total hours watched Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 98 15.1 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird Total 262 White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby 3 flocks. Brown Booby 8 Red-footed Booby 25 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 0.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy 115 Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shear Pet 1 Sooty Sheer. 13 2.0 Whales 4 - 262' 90.3

Location Between Lanai & Oahu C.H. Gilbert Cruise 77 Observer K.S. Standen Date 15 Nov. 1964 Time 0635 to 1800 Weather Clear & calm. 3,4 SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 78 22.9 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Total 111 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 27 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 6,0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 1 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Sooty Shearwater 5 1.5 Arrived Kewalo Basin /535 hrs. 1 flock. 111 ~ 32.6