Husted, Dayle N., 1964
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Dayle N. Husted 1964 16. 10 July, 1964 continued: ready to band adult Boobies at the Kilauea light- house. We left the apartments about 1930 and headed for Kauai valley to listen for Newells, none were heard. We then went to the Plantation to see if any Newells wandered by, none had, then we went to the Booby colony. At the colony we banded 32 Red-footed Boobies and 31 Wedgetailed Shearwaters. The (some of) Boobies and Wedgetails were returns. I think many more adult Boobies could have been banded if we would have had a snake catcher. The Boobies took off very quickly our second time through the colony. We quit banding at 2355 and headed back to the Plantation to see if any Newells had happened in while we were gone. There were none. In summary of our trip to Kauai - I think the Newell Shearwater is present in many of the canyons on the high cliffs, but not in any great numbers on any one cliff, because of limited nesting (burrows) spaces. If the birds we heard calling at night were not Newell Shearwaters, (maybe Harcourts Storm Petrel, but I doubt it) they were some unidentified bird as of yet, which is unlikely. The cry reminded me somewhat of a baby, it is rather hard to describe. With proper equipment )ropes) the higher cliffs could be examined. Also, more time would be needed than four days. It would be best to be in the valleys at night and try and locate the location of the birds, then try climbing to the location in the daytime. (I would like to try again some- time). July 13, 1964: We ran into a large number of Bulwer's Petrels. We arrived on the Cromwell about 0730. Left for Pearl about 0900. Left Pearl about 1330. There was one Brown Booby sitting on a buoy 13 in the harbor. Light