Kauai-Kilauea Point, 1965-1968

Hoff, D. I; Huber, L. N; Burckhalter, David L; Fitch, John H

1967

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Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Ornithology Birds--Counting

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23-26 Jan 1967 Kilauea Pt., Kauai Hoff and Huber

24 Jan, 1967 Serano 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 25 January 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Kīlauea Point Band No. 767-503549 60 61 62 63 64 65 767-50341 66 67 68 69 70 71 13 banded pre recapture

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Huben Notes Pop est - 1300 ± 100 4 subadults 1 green painted 2 black painted for last month. just before dark about 300 birds observed to take off at some time scatter and circle around for a while and then land again. this happened twice.

I wandering tatter man on top of cliff along edge - few down the reef when disturbed 18 + 19 G: Friz observed flying over Morell Island before dusk, about 430 P.M. six G Friz seen about 7 miles shown coast heading in direction of the lighthouse

about 60% redfoots that are rooty below cliff are in holes aht ground while probably 40% in trees Use of rope not possible as it tends to cause landslides while rubb ground above chamber ground on cliff where roots root the trend dangerous as it is loose dirt with loose rocks scatter over it. (area cannot be walked

Not many R-F-Bobios on Motu - Island just a few (possibly 20 on side of island I could see) scattered over edges of island 1 mouse seen while down the cliff by rope 1 Gecko seen on rocky cliff most birds unbanded unsafely

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28 Feb - 1 Mar '67 Kilauea Pt., Kauai Hoff 28 Feb. 1967 Kilauea point birds began nesting in the lower portion of #2 and are widely dispersed along the length & breadth of the sheer cliff area. Copulating pairs and nests crossing is occurring commonly nests with an abundance of fresh green material in them are constructed. Mar 1, Schreibeiff one pair nesting along the precipitous cliffs were closely observed - the fat fedled one was sitting in the center of the nest and the shining fealed one was crossing her

prebs and then parrolling it, the mutual preening was noticed. the birds are distributed as follows none in colony #1 good pair formation in #2 at least roughly 100 pairs in the area. an even distribution of birds is noted in the precipitous cliff area with the bulk of ca. 450 individuals in pairs. A new nest previously unnoted and possibly different nesting area has being established in the center of the cove on an abrupt scowle

covered surface from 10 to 40 feet above the beach line .

Sera # Species Age-Sex 1 15 Rel-Footed Birdy A-U 2 16 3 17 Aug 5 4 18 5 19 6 20 7 21 8 22 9 23 10 24 11 25 Oche Mobapw P 12 26 13 27 14 1 28 March 2, 1967 yellow mouthful 15 2 29 blue 16 3 30 " 17 4 31 " 18 5 32 " 19 6 33 yellow

1767-50 372 Color Status Band # phase Light off next 767-50 372 Jan, 1967 Root R 767-50 3284 FF Sheals root R 767-43 201 2 May, 65 587-80 754 3 73 74 75 76 77 Feb, 64 757-60 855 4 int March, 1965 757-89 597 5 78 79 Oct, 66 767-50 052 6 80 81 Meeting May, 65 587-42 890 7 83

19 7 34 20 8 35 21 9 36 22 10 37 23 11 38 12 39 13 40 14 41 Blue 1 Moba PV

R in nature Feb, '64 757-60 876-9 84 85 86 87 new int July, 66 767-48 6.64 L7 89

thurs 2 March Hanapepe Canyon White-tailed Waimea Canyon hosted Kilanea point Schre two & Ad. hovered above no parasitism Hanalei valley - Kilanea point

Tropicbirds - 1 - Ca. 20 W.T.B. to Hoff Great Frigatebird the Red-foot did not was seen Blue-crowned Night Heron Short-eared Owl arrived at 1800 sunset at 1842 || temp. + || 72° 27 K on 1 Mar. || K 2 Mar.

the lighthouse lo and is 60 feet high,

1 2 is 140 ft. above Seabird 9 returns 1 FFS 65 1 M.P. 65 1 M.P. Jul 66 27 Total Birds

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KAUAI 1-5 March 1967 Schreiber

NEW COLONY colony est 150 (1930) x colony ROAD light room. power

MAR 1 ARRIVE AIRPORT DC-9 DAVE HOFF here - in hotel I not know sunset time DRIVE to KILAUEA Point light house-largest of its kind heavy cloudy windy dry seeming colony along edge of cliff est 600 feet high - and SEEN Birds + bird 15 birds in a small colony at the base of the trail several of these birds were sitting in pairs in the colony on nests - when though after 2 hrs - no birds remained in this area

SEowl BCN Heron White eye RICE BIRD Apopane Rice Bird cokoo Like Sil COOT CALINOLE HAWAIIAN DUCK MEADOWLARK Golden Phoeus Ward Tittlers

MAR 2 #3 COLONY 2 & GF + 1 mm @ sunset + 15 min - 147 + 30 197 total count of colony 146 for rock on north + 52 in air of #1

4 WTTO 3 MAR FRM counted 196 new col 1500hr VERY CLOUDY room 47 col. 15 AIR COL AIR 1 hr 119 14 3/4 133 20 1/2 169 17 1/4 205 33 Set 223 23 1/4 246 21 1/2 258 7 4mm, 3 sub ad sub ad - sky point for colony 2 DARK PHASE LINCOLN? INDEX. due in the evening movement toward the colony bay from the ocean noticed 3 black painted seas - probably more individuals + pairs + 3 & 4's flying in for sea bathing just outside surf no eggs present I think

SUNNY after - 1/2 march SAT Quite light PARTLY cloudy Rain all morning then clear 86 47 133 NOON #3 86 col / 89 col & 6 pairs 47 is col 2 8 in air 9 w+JB new colony - 184 - 23 pairs COL 3 AIR PAIRS 1 1/2 101 8 7 1 1/4 115 11 6 1 110 19 10 3/4 135 10 12 1/2 134 17 13 1/4 156 21 18 set 185 21 23 1/4 238 25 29 1/2 250 6 33 sub of sky point (right side of col) dark black head rock sitting solidly return low over water side country over

All & Brown Booby fly by seems to be separation between those in and between those above the bds across the point 1 9 6 F + 2 chase - or drink CAN WE ASSUME BOTA AREAS INCREASE THE SAME AT DUSK? many BIRDS entering & flying above new colony COUNT # "GROUPS" ARRIVING FROM SEA COUPULATION Paint # rather than X's

Pineapples grow higher than Cane Black Painted WATER +1 +1 2 at 20 min - we Seen before this - bottle lay as 2 Paint disturbs countship effects of disturbance white Sand j Previous work cause of revert to new colony - DOGS noticeable in case is this in our 10+ sunset later arrivals high + circle down power dive -

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5 April 1967 Kilauea Pt., Kauai Hoff

$140 70% 83 Nests

Matapili Reef Pin 1 Newly Known Booby nesting 4 FT Nest count 248

Wed 5 April Body coats 5:30 app 1 hr/sweet 113 birds

Mohawk Island 5 SAD G Frigate 1730 Wedge-tails gliding about the island some landing

Wed wedge-tail Burrows active but very little fresh digging 9 birds gliding off top of point at 17:30. Considerable fresh droppings around old burrows

27 April 1967 Kilauea Pt., Kauai Hoff

arrived at departed Honolulu 1730 27 April Thursday arrived Lahue 1800 " arrived at Kilanea Point 2130 hours " departed - " " 0700 hours 28 April Friday arrived at Waimea Canyon 1400 " 29 April Saturday

thurs 26 April arrived at lighthouse early evening 12000 hours calm weather prevailing about the point. Wedge-tails sitting around lighthouse & a few in the air - Set 15 rat traps very low wind from prevailing direction Red-Foot B Numerous naked chicks very young - too weak to raise their heads - no dewy ones but all chicks seen were able to chirp - but their eyes closed estimate 1-3 days just hatching Lantana Caverna Season ; Changeable

flowering, screevols plant community on upper cliffs WTS copulating pairs, many singles now present in the densities - much digging activity probably 3-4 thousand birds present on the point Overcast night - little or no rain

Friday 28 Apr White-Tailed Tropicbird in cave Great Frigatebirds one landed on Moberes island 4 well dispersed over the booby colony no chasing noted

27 April 1967 Fitch Kilauea Pt., Kauai Arrived at Kilauea Pt. 9:30 P.M. and met Bernie Young and got permission to use office facilities to spin down blood. Arrived at lighthouse at 10:00 P.M. ~ saw several RFB and 2 Wedgetails in air illuminated by

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Bands Received Kilanea Point, 27 April 1967 1.) 503=76747503 767-47503-47600 2. 645-25519-600

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Sera Sample Species Sex 1 72 RFB ♀ 2 73 BFB ♂ 3 74 RFB ♀ 4 75 RFB ♂ * 5 76 RFB ♂ * 6 77 RFB ♂ * 7 78 RFB ? 8 79 RFB ♀ 9 80 RFB ♂ 10 81 RFB ♀ , 11 82 RFB ♀ * 12 83 RFB ♂ 13 84 RFB ♀ * 14 85 RFB ♂ 15 86 RFB ♀ * 16 87 RFB ♀ 17 88 RFB ♀ 18 89 RFB ♀ 19 90 RFB ♀ * banded 27 April 1967

Color Phase Nest Status Band No. L 1e 587-90120 L 1 naked young 587-90105 L 1 naked egg. 587-60852 L loss no band 767-47503 L 1 egg X 767-47503 L 2 egg X 767-47504 L 3 naked ygs. 767-47505 L 4 naked yg. X 767-47506 L 1e 587-90117 L 1e 587-92837 L loss 587-757-608480 L 5 loss X 767-47507 L 1 egg 767-50353 L 6 1 egg X 767-47508 L 1 small naked ygs. 767-50075 L 7 1 egg X 767-47509 L 1 egg 757-89250 not banded L 1 naked egg. 767-47510 L 1 egg 587-92838

Sera Sample Species Sex 20 91 RFB ♂ 21 92 Wedgetail ? 22 93 Wedgetail ♂ 23 94 " " ? orange paint Remains 24 95 " " ? 25 96 " " ? 26 97 " " ? 27 98 " " ? 28 99 " . * 29 100 Wedgetail * 30 101 " * 31 102 " 32 103 " 33 104 * 34 105 * 35 106 * 36 107

Color Phase Nest Status Band No. L legs no banded 767 49511 L in front of burrow 645-00361 L " " 635 26134 L " " 635 26137 M " " 645-00367 L in burrow 645-16232 M " " 524 -94652 M. in burrow 544-50522 L 625-30690 L in burrow *645-25519 1 Int edge burrow/pairs 20 2 L digging /single 21 3 Dark burrow single + leg 615-05033 9 blue 035-26148 10 L outside/pairs 61506407 " L " " 22 4 L burrow digs /single 23 5 L burrow / single 24 6

Sep 37 108 WTS ? Orange 38 109 ↑ ↑ Pint 39 110 40 111

K Eisenhower 615-05037 12 L 615-06422 15 L Laredo 524-94606 14 L - 645-625-25506 16

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30 April Wedetails Makapele Cliffs 24 April 1967 No. Sex Molt 1 ? new 2 ? " 3 ? " 4 ? new 5 ? new 6 ? high voice fat head new 7 low voice thin head new 8 > new 9 } longer beak thin head shorter beak new 10 } 11 ? fat head longer beak new 12 thin head shorter beak new 13 ? hee 14 ? , new

b = old f = fresh S = single D = double Color Phase Nesting Status Band No. L S, O 645-25525 L { D, O 645-25526 D, O 645-25527 Intermediate D, O 645-25528 L { D, O 645-25529 L { D, O 645-25530 D, D 645-25531 L S, O 645-25532 L S, O 645-25533 L S, O 645-25534 L S, O 645-25535 L S, O 645-25536 L D, O 645-25537 L D O 645-25538

1 dead wadzetail 2

Kilauea Point, Kauai 28 April 1967 Moku Aaa - 1:30 P.M. - 4 B.Frigates observed landing on 1:35 influx of frigates - 1 subaD

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Burrows Makapela Cliffs 30 April 1967 No. Entrance Status No. of birds D 1 1 0 1 * 2 1 0 0 * 3 1 0 0 * 4 1 0 0 5 1 f 0 6 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 * 8 2 0 0 * 9 1 0 0 * 10 1 0 0 * 11 1 0 1 . 12 1 0 0 * 13 1 0 2 14 1 0 0 15 1 0 0 16 1 0 2 17 1 0 2 18 1 0 2 19 1 0 0

Entrance Status Norbirds D 20 21 22 23 24

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176 13 163 163 43 5 211 176 54 73 303 11 22 5 217

176 43 on nests Pantala flavescens 11 nesting Pigweed + Sceneda (flowering) = 176 RFB including: 11 Adults roosting 2 subadults 163 of nests = 17 RFB including 4 subadults 3 sitting near mates on nests Representative sample: 5 Adults roosting 5 nesting

Recaptures 757-60854 ♀ m egg

RFB nest count egg | chick bare 5,1,1,1,1,1,1 | 1 | 1,1 3,4,1 | 3,1,1,1,1 | 20 | 8 | 2

totals for colony on Mokapoie cliffs: 303 RFB including: ① 211 on nests: ② 27 Adults roosting ③. 6 subadults roosting ④, 3 individuals sitting within 1ft. of mates (on nests)

KAUAI 18 June 1967 Hoff and Burkhalter

SPECIES E/BP | incubation Status 1/3 4 Color Phase 1,2 WT Sheus egg - / Lt. 2 " " " - / " 3 "4 " " - / " 4 "5 " " - / " 5 "6 " " - / " 6 "7 " " - / " 7 "8 no egg Defectary " 8 19 no egg - " " 9 120 egg - 1 " 10 121 no patch " 11 122 egg - 1 " 12 123 egg - 1 " 13 124 egg - 1 " 14 125 no patch " 15 126 bare patch " 16 127 egg - 1 " 17 128 egg - 1 " 18 129 egg - 1 " 19 130 no patch " 20 131 " "

Sunday 18 June - light breeze few clouds full-moon Molt new Burrow Band # S. 615-05016 P R S 625-32263. S 625-37262 S 645-25503. S 635-26102 S 615-05037 S 615-06315/635-26174 outside S S S 645-25505 outside 615-07034/835-26127 S S S S 615-15880✓ P P?

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RF Booby Status Band 20. 21 ♂ w/MDC NB 767-47510 22 ♀ ? w/MDC NB 11 23 ♂ nest NB 12 24 ♂ " ✓ 587-84985 25 ♀ w/MDC ✓ 757-61432 26 ♀ nest NB 13 27 ♂ " NB 14 28 ♀ ? " NB 15 29 ♂ w/SDC NB 16 30 ♀ w/LDC ✓ 587-99847 31 ♂ nest NB 18 32 ♂ w/LDC NB 19 33 ♀ w/LDC ✓ 587.90101 34 ♂ w/E NB 20 35 ♀/SDC ✓ 587-80311 36 ♂/SDC ✓ 587-90109 37 ♀/e NB 21 38 ♂/SDC NB 22 39 ♂/LDC NB 23 40 F/om SDC NB 24

2 Phase Lt. 132 Lt. 133 Lt 134 Lt 135 " 136 " 137 " 138 " 139 " 140 " 141 " 142 " 143 " 144 " 145 " 146 " 147 " 148 " 149 " 150 " 151

R.F.Boddy New Bands Series issued - 767-47510 to 62. 767-47510 - 8^9 w/MDC " " 8^9 w/SDC 12 2 root 13 2 " 14 8^9 " 15 8^9 " 16 [illegible] " 17 lost 18 8^9 root 19 8^9 LDC 20 8^9 w/E 21 22 23 24 ' 25 26 27 28 29

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Kauai Hoff and Burkhalter 18 June 1967

100 to 1800 area Adults/nest Yg./nest Rooting 3.3 cliff in Scandla 1 4 2 - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 1 | XXXX XXXX ||| 13 XXX 6 26 17 adult in air bare nest 1 1 2 Rock doves feeding

area #3 - birds roosting in Casuarina area #2 - birds roosting in Pegweed G. Frigates 3 in Air above boobies near Makepuli cliffs

Area #1 ada / rest LOC g / rest sweet ad imm 25 34 19 (3) sub ad bar an ① ① Bad Area #1A Jim Scar. ⑤ ⑤

Kilauea Point Area 1 Ad/nest Ad/roost other 16 (4 in Scowls)

Area 2 Ad/nest Yg/nest Ad/roost other sub 1111 || 2 24 21 4

Frigate pursuit of Boobies per / hour 1730 - 1830 III ① Direction of Booby flight O ↓ ② → I ④ lower immature & ⊗ = sub-adults 4 Brown Booby on island - 2000 6 " " left - "

Mokupae - Kilawen Pt. Sunday Frigate - RFB Dec. Starting 1900 o=not seen +=seen returning Following Chase Retir RFB Frigate Frigate Frig 75 1 ① 2-1-0 27 or 6 2 ② 2-0 in air ③ 2-0 6 frig ④ 3-2-0 in air ⑤ 3-2-⊕ ⑥ 3-2-○ ⑦ 3-1-⊕ BB ⑧ 1-0 8 407 ⑨ 1-0 BB 32 Ret ① ② 7,5 1,2 JB① 9,7 1,3,2 10,4 4,5,2,2 6,2 5,3 7 2,1 1,1 5,5 ⑩① 1 4 3,5 1,4 3,2, 6⊕ 2,3 R

WT Sheus Scoring 1/2 before 15-Sweet RFB Frig ①② ①BB class Fng 3 X 1/2 10 above ls- 3,9 2 41 or 3,2 4,3 2 4

sunset 3 drove along - sweet island

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J.H Fitch Journal Lihue Airport, Kauai 14 July 1967 Arrived at 11:15 A.M. and rented a 1966 Rambler sedan Mileage approx: from Tony's Rental for $8 per day and 10 cents per mile. Saw several Indian Mynah birds on runway. Weather Temperature 80°, sky intermittent overcast with cumulus clouds: Standing water in ditches indicates a recent rain. Drove to Wailua Falls and saw a number of Japanese White-eyes, I dove in cane fields on the way. At the Falls, observed $ WTTB circling the falls in the air and flew off to the East - several obscured observed in leaves * Saw 1 WTTB from plane near cliffs

Saw Heiau of Poliahu built by Menehunes Holo Holuku Heiau Kalalau lookout 5 WTTB 4 Red birds-Tanager-like 8 small olive green

J.H.Fitch 2 Journal 14 July 1967 (continued) and ground litter; most were hatchlings 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. Heavy rain began at 11:55 A.M. WTTB still flying around - Drove down to Highway 56 - sunny here Drove to Wailua River State Park - Poliahu Area to an overlook - 5 WTTB were seen in flying in the vicinity of the high cliffs on either side of the overlook. Two cardinals, local birds, were seen at the overlook - Poliahu Falls could be seen from overlook - near the Heiau of Poliahu several small warbler-like birds were flushed from a small Casuarina tree.

JH Fitch 3 14 July 1967 (continued) Drova to Kilanea Pt. and talked with Dowell First Class in charge - signed a releaser and made arrangements to come in tomorrow night. Currently are 23 dogs at station although only five are adults. Visual count was made at: 3:05 P.M. of Boobies in Colony B - a total of 28 sighted: of those, 11 were large downy chicks, 2 were adults roosting and 11 were adults sitting on nests. At 3:15 P.M. a count was made off Island : a total of 43 Frigates including: 10 ♀♀, 12 ♂♂, 14 immatures and one RFB (adult). Then hiked to Nokapele Cliffs and banded molter, phased Wedgetails

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T.H.Fitch 4 14 July 1967 (continued) than 1 bird of those, none of the burrows had more in addition to egg measurements, I then made a binocular survey of Colony C (RFB) on Mokapele Cliffs Mokapele Cliffs : total of — RFB (36 for end part Colony C = 29 nestlings, 7 adults) at 4:10 P.M. Then climbed down Mokapele Cliffs and banded 20 RFB large downy entire chicks. The other part of Colony C was composed of 5 small naked chicks, 11 small downy chicks and 28 large downy chicks, 6 early immatures and 7 adults. (Time: 5:30) Then climbed up Cliffs and began a watch of Colony : 6:00 P.M. : Section contained 25 eg. and 5 adults 6:30 P.M. → 7 adults 6:40 P.M. → 20 adults

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J.H.Fitch 5 14 July 1967 (continued) 10 of 13 coming in alighted near chicks. 7 of 10 fed chicks. During the period from 6:30 - 7:00 a total of 7 Frigate chases were observed: Chase # No.Frig. No Boobies Success 1 2 at beginning 1 + 2 1 1 - 3 3 at begin. 1 + 4 1 1 - 5 2 at beg. 1 + 6 1 1 + 7 1 1 + At 7:00 P.M., began rainy- drove to Dairy Queen for dinner and on the Waimea Canyon - camped at campground at approx. 3600 ft, weather

F1. 328 Aloha 22 minutes. Take off 1250 16 July 1967 Outer cast - rain visibility ¼ mile

J.H. Fitch 6 14 July 1967 (continued) was cool and cloudy intermittently overcast. Set out 15 Museum Specials and 10 rat traps baited with mixture of crackers and peanut butter - hit the sack at 11:15. 15 July 1967 Got up at 8:00 A.M. and checked snap traps - no luck. Drove to Kalaau lookout - foggy and only glimpses of the Nepali coast were possible. - Saw 5 WTTB, 4 red tanager-like birds and 8 small olive green birds (Japanese White-eyes). Then drove to Waimea Canyon lookout and saw 11 WTTB

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14 July 1967 Results: Kilauea Pt, Kauai Fitch 15 RFB bled 65 WTS bled 10 WTS banded 40 RFB chicks banded 10 RFB adults banded 5 RFB adults returned 19 WTS adults returned RFB: Colonies A, B, C checked and counted WTS: 20 nests measured and eggs measured and floated on Mokapele Cliffs 20 birds : molt on tall and primaries checked Reptiles: collected 10 Skinks Mammals; 1 mouse Surveyed briefly: Waihua Falls, Poliahu Falls

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a = symo w = worn 645-25539 - 25600 Band No/Prim Molt Tail Paired With 645-25539 1.0 aw L legg " " 40 1.0 b L legg 41 1.0 (worn) aw L legg 42 1.0 (new) a L legg 43 1.0 (now) a L legg 44 1.0 (new) a L legg 45 1.0 worn) b L legg 46 1.0 a L legg # Colony C 47 1.0 b L legg 48 1.0 a L legg

Wedgetailed Shearwaters Mokapele Cliffs, Kauai, 14 July 67 P. Band No. | P. Prim. Molt Tail | Color Phase

Nest and Egg Data Nest # No.Birds Eggs & Ent. 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 7 1 1 2 8 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 10 1 1 1

1: just laid 2: on end - bottom 3: Bloating 4: surfaced 5 = unbalanced surface Length Eloatien length width 41 (39) 2 6 x 4.2 32 (28) 1½ 6.2 x 4.0 38 (32) 2 6.1 x 4.1½ 39 (29 2 6.1 x 4.1½ 44 (35) 2 6.2 x 4.1½ 20 (13) 4 6.6½ x 4.1½ 22 (16) 2½ 6.5 x 4.4½ 31 (27) 2 6.4 x 4.2½ 18 (14) 4 6.5 x 4.0 25 (21) 2 6.1 x 4.0

Band No., Prim Molt tail CP Paired

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RFB Banded 14 July 1967 Mokapole Cliffs (Colony C) 587-84901-84920 RFB large downy chicks Colony C = 22 including 5 small naked chicks 11 small downy chicks 28 large downy 6 early matures 7 adults 5:30 P.M.

6:30 P.M. 14 July 1967 Began watch of Booby Colony C - section I was watching contained 25 yg., and 7 adults at start 6:45 P.M. - total no. of adults 20 sky at this time overcast during this time 10 of the 13 coming in alighted in nest chicks, 7 of these fed chicks - during this period 4 frigate chase

29 large downy with small downy in same nest Colony B - found to be North facing slope and also E facing slope - add another 8 large chicks, 3 small downy chicks, 1 naked and 5 adults 9:30 P.M.

Sera 15 July 1967 Kilauea Pt. (with large chick) 1 ✓ 589-90117 ♂? TW WN 2 ✓ 757-60850 ♂? TW WN (on small chicks) 3 * 767-47525 ♀ TW WN (small chick) 4 ✓ 767-50333 ♂ TW WN 1 small chick 5 ✓ 757-60884 ♂ TW WW 1 small downy chick 6 * 767-47526 ♂ TW WN 7 * 767-47527 ♂ TW WN Nokopelo Cliffs 8 * 767-47528 ♂ TW WN 9 * 767-47529 ♂ TW WN 10 * 767-47530 11 * 31 12 * 32 13 * 33 14 * Back 589-90113

2 Ent. 41(38) 2 5.7½ x 4.0 2 Ent. 44 (41 2 6 x 4.2 2 Ent. 36 (26) 2 6 x 4 2 18 (12) 4 5.6 x 4 + 45(23) 2 6.2 x 4.2 1 28 (23) 4 6.2 x 4.0 1 43 C 2 6.2 x 4.1 1 2 6.2½ x 4.0 2 4 6.2½ x 4.1½ 2 6.2½ x 3.9

Wedgetails Tail Prim. 615 - 06347 Alone a w Dark bone leg., a w 524-94624 Inter. legg a? OK 635 - 20599 aw ok new aw ok new 645-16504 aw ok 645-25509 544-50535 ew ok new 524-94624 - 635-26161

Kauai 16 July '67 Wedge-tailed Fitch Shearwater Returns Bat on ground 1625-3235 635- 26174 645 16228 624 19461 615- 15880 615- 05111- 635- 26180 645- 22059 645 . 25524 635- 26149 635-25506 615-05167 -

Ocean - vicinity Oahu calm - no white caps - Tropic Storm Denise

8:35 AM: 16 July 1967 53 RFB colony B including: roosting birds 1 Mouse in Wedgetail colony captured at 4:00 A.M, Boobies must frequently make two or three passes before they are ready to land 8:45 Birds Wedgetail size seen - white underneath brown above with darker wing tips,

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Fitch Kilauea Pt, Kauai 14 August 1967

Kilauea Pt., Kauai 14 August 1967 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Sera # Band No. Paired With 1 645-25559 — 2 " 635-26104 — 3 " 615-07016 — 4 645-255560 — 5 61 6 " 635-26168 — 7 " 625-32241 — 8 62 9 " 615-07015 — 10 " 625-26153 11 " 645-25517 12 " 615-06426 13 63 14 635-26113 15 645-25560 16 64 17 65 18 645-26147② + 615-05058 19 " 635-26120

Band# W = worn 645-25559 Wing Status Tail Molte Notes no egg burrow worn worn L in nest w sw L in nest w w I in nest w w l " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w | " " w w l " " w SW Dark

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JL. J - 2564 383 - 19, Jan. 66 No 2 piston was burned up from overheating rings were frozen to pistons cylinder not scored too badly. Engine was overhauled. New piston in no. 2 cylinders. New rings and gaskets were installed along with general clean up and lubrication of rest of engine. New points and condensers were installed. Parts used: Point sets 2 condensers 2 overhaul gasket set 1 Ring sets 2 Pistons 1 Throttle handle 1 Starter rope 1 wrist pin retainers 2 old rod keepers had to be reused.

Sara # Band No. Status 20 66 21 67 22 635-10084 23 615-05061 24 635-26128 (E) 615-07037 25 " 635-26101 26 " 645-22041 27 " 635-20550 28 " 615-06325 29 " 635-26114 (2) 30 68 31 " 645-22052 32 " 524-94652 33 69 34 " 635-20595 35 70 36 " 645-25514 37 71 38 72

w T molt Notes w | w 1 w | w 1 w | w 1 w | w 1 w w 1 w | w 1 w | w D w w 1 w w 1 w | w 1 w | sw 1 w | w 1 w w 1 w | w 1 w w 1 w | sw 1 w | w 1 w | w 1 w | w 1

Sera # Band # Status 39 645-00383 40 635-25121 615-06348 41 615-07070 42 645-00371 43 73 44 645-25509 45 74 46 625-30691 47 625-32392 48 635-20592 49 75 50 76 51 615-07064 635-26195② 52 77 53 544-50563 54 78 55 79 56 615-06356 57 80

T molt w Notes w I w / w | w / w | w / w I w / w | New D w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w / w w /

Series Bond # 58 w 645-16235 59 w 615-07040 60 w 615-05159 61 81 62 82 63 w 615-06237 64 83 65 84 66 67 68 69 70 39

W T Notes Status molt states status W W 1 W W 1 W W 1 W W 1 W W 1 W W 1 W W 1 W W 1

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767 - 45013 70 (3) 67 587 - 90109 68 66 69 587 - 84916 71 68 587 - 84913 72 69 587 84915 73 70 587 - 84914 74 71 587 - 84912 75 72 587 - 84904 76 73 587 - 84908 77 74

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1 large turtle swimming near Makapili Rock

Aug. 15, 1967 RFB Colony C : 4:00 46 large downy chicks 22 locals - dark brown or black plumage 3 adults RFB Colony B : 5:00 23 locals 3 large downy chicks 2 adults large number of immatures (locals) observed in air on this trip RFB Colony A : 2 local 1 adult 3 large downy chicks

Island Frigates : 58 RFB : 2 adults

15 Aug, 1967 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters 10 nests : Makapili Cliffs 3 deserted 4 with 1 small downy chick / week old 3 with egg

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KILAUEA POINT 9-11 Sept. 1967

Bands: 645-075-

Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Cat. Molt I = inter. No. Wing Tail L = light D = dark CP Remarks 8321 10/10 W, w 6/8 D 635-26198 322 " " " " I 645-25521 323 " " / " " I 324 " " " " I 16 325 " " | " " I 17 326 " " " " I 645-25561 327 " " / " " I 635-26111 615-06303 328 " " " " I 645-00361 329 " " | w I I 18 330 " " | w 6/8 I 19 331 " " | " " D 20 332 " " " " I 333 " " " " I 21 334 " " " " I 22 335 " " " " I 23 336 " " " " I 24 337 " " " " I 645-00368 338 " " " " I 615-06326 339 " " " " I 635-26176 340 " " | " " D

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Cat. No. Molt Tail Wing CP Remarks 341 10/10W, 6/6 W I 27 342 10/10W, 6/6 W no band

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Kauai 9-11 Sept. 1967 Lihue Airport, Kauai, Hawaii, 9 Sept. 1967 Arrived at Lihue Airport at 11:05 A.M. Sky sunny with high cumulus cover - temperature in high 80s On flight in several (3) WTTB observed flying in vicinity of cliffs SE. of airport. 4 doves were seen in settling pools ¼ mi W. of airport.

Plans: 1) Set out 15 small mammal traps at Kilauea Pt. on night of 9th and 15 on Makapili Cliffs on night of 10th 2) Population counts of RFB at 3:30 P.M. of 9th → Dark, sera sample WTS beginning at Dark

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T No. Type Chick Burrow 1 A 16 in. earth and lava 2 B 14 in. " "

Chicks: Variation in Size A individual : large downy feathers white Iv. : large white Down giving way to gray n - molt

Wedge-tail 1w 64525547 2 10/10 N, 6/6 N chick (large downy) 2w —— I-D 10/10 N 6/6 N large downy chick 3w ———— I-L 10/10 N, 6/6 W 4w I 5w I 6w 7w 8w

RFB Bands: 767-53118-26 *1. 557-50394 TW, W 10/10 ♀ *2 587-90109 TW, W 10/10 ♂ 3 18 TW, W 10/10 N♀? 4 - immature 5 - immature 6 - immature 7 767-53119 - TN, W 10/10 N ? 8 767-53120 TW, W 10/10 N ? 9 767-53121 TN W 10/10 N ? 10 767-53122 TW 10/10 N ? 11 767-53123 TW 10/10 N ? 12 767-53124 TN 10/10 N ♂ 13 767-53125 TW 10/10 N ♂ 14 767-53126 TN 10/10 NR *15 587-84918 immature 16 " immature

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Kīlauea Pt., Kauaʻi Itinerary 25 Oct. 1967 Fitch International Airport Oahu 25 Oct. 67 left airport aboard AlohaJet at 1:25 P.M. and arrived at Lihue, Kauaʻi at 1:45 P.M. Weather warm (87°) and sunny with occasional high cumulus cloud cover.

Russell Robinson Makaweli 386-842 Uncle - Lester 386-751 George Susterich 374-843 Kohaha Hawaii National Guard

Red-footed Booby 4 Colony C Makapele Cliffs, Kauai 25 Oct. 1967 4.00 P.M. 19 adults 2 immatures 5:00 P.M. 56 adults 31 immatures 6:00 P.M. 211 adults 68 immatures 7:00 P.M. 215 adults 68 immatures

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Red-footed Booby 5 Colony A Kilauea Point, Kauai 26 Oct. 1967 6:30 AM. : 21 adults 9 immatures Across cove (Colony B) 6:30 AM. 51 adults immatures Mokueae Island Kauai 7:00 A.M. 42 adults 4 immatures 47 Frigates

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Description of young: legs - pinkish gray - retires just coming in, as are primaries Wedge-tailed Shearwaters bands issued : 645-25601-70c bands used : [illegible] 645-25601-1D large chicks 645-25611-20 adults (bled) 645-25621-25 large chicks (No returns)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Makapele Cliffs Kauai 25 Oct, 1967 Shearwater nests investigated Those to right of fence on cliffs (bare ground with minimum of grass) Burrow # Depth Occupant 1 12in. 645-25601 Tail tips of wings 2 16in. sm. nestling-dead for several wks 3 20 in. 645-25602 Tail tips and edges of wings Left of fence in Casuaring trees STUDY AREA Burrow # Depth Occupant 4 16in 645-25603 Tail and wing surfaces 5 8 in. egg found but no chick 6 16in. 645-25604 entire body except Pollars 2 areas of down ventrally

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Wedge-tailed Shearwater 8 Makapelo Cliffs (continued) Burrow # Depth Occupant 7 21in, 645-25605 tail From throat 3/4 length to tail wings, around beak, 8 11" none 9 14" none 10 19' 645-25606 tail tip and wing tips 11 12" 645-25607,tail,wing and ring around throat up and low, around base wing base. also on right side around 12 16" 645-25608-tail and wing tips 13 14" none Area to left of study area- bare ground w minimum grass 14 12" 645-25609-tail and wing 1/2 of breast Ventral dorsal

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Wedge-tailed Shearwater 9 Makapele Cliffs (continued) Burrow # Depth Occupant 15 22

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Blood Collections 11 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Makapole Cliffs, October 26 1967 Number Assoc Band Molt P. 1 inc 645-25611 Tw, Wn I 2 inc 645-25612 Tw, Ww L 3 645-25613 Tw, Wn I 4 Inc 645-25614 Tw, Wn L 5 1 ck 645-25615 Tw Wn I 6 none 645-25616 Tw Nn I 7 645-25617 Tw, Wh L 8 645-25618 Tw Wn L 9 645-25619 Tw, Wn I 10 645-25620 Tw, Wn L

Red-footed Boobies Bands issued:

Blood Collections 12 Red footed Boobies Makapelo Cliffs, 26 October 1967 No. Band No. Age Molt 1 767-44501 2 587 84912 3 44502 4 44503 5 44504 6 05 7 06 8 07 9 08 10 09 11 767-44510

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Newells Shearwater 13 First individuals killed on roads between Lihue and Kilauea Pt. on October 1 - total of 6 killed. Road between Kilauea Pt. and checked on the night of the 25th of October with no results.

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White-tailed Tropicbirds 14 Tropicbird activity noted around cliffs near Lihue (2 seen) and in Waimea canyon where 16 were seen on the 26th of October

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Nene 15 1/2 mi. S. Kokee Camp, Kauai 1 individual spotted crossing road.

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Great Frigatebird 16 A total of 53 individuals including 25 males and 22 females (6 immatures) were counted on Mokueae Island at 7:00 A.M.

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Mice and Rats Twenty-one live-traps baited with peanut butter and pears were set out - no luck

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Lepidactylus lugubris 18 A total of 7 individuals were collected from the Coast Guard Station building at night - another 8 were seen but could not be caught.

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Summary: 19 RFB: Population est.: 400 - 500 400 ± 50 including: 329 adults and 83 imm No. banded: 10 No. returned: 1 No. bled: 11 Wedgetail: Population est.: 250 ± 50 (Includes adults only from Makapole Ridge, Makapole CI PFS (30), Kilauea : 30 No. banded: 35 (10 adult, 25 ygg) No. returned: 0 No. bled: 10 Mammals: none Reptiles: $ 7 Lepidodactylus lugubris

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Kauai Fitch International Airport, Oahu, Hawaii 26 November 1967 Departure by Hawaii Jet Air. 0920 for Kauai. - weather at Honolulu cloudy and rainy - temp: low 70s - wind slight and From North Beginning sera # H7R152 Waves at 3-5 feet - whitecaps. Cloud ceiling at 3000-4000 ft. Landed at Lihue at 10:30 A.M. and picked up Rental car from Tony. Drove to Kilauea Pt. arriving at 11:30 - Contacted Bob and Judy Walker - Drove to Mokapelo Cliffs after making a count of RFB colonies A and B, A had 12 adults + 1 immature @ 145PM and B had 150 ± adults and

16 immatures and 9 subadults at 2:00 P.M. Made a count on Mahapele Cliffs as high winds and squalls allowed : 350 ± 10 adults, 47 immatures 14 subadults.

Kilauea Pt. 26 November 1967 Windy - waves 8-10 ft. Sub Colony B: 150 ± 10 Adults (142 Fitch, 160) 16 immatures 9 subadults SubColony A 12 Adults 1 immature

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25 115 9 45- 386 Imm 172 330 35 103 360 20 330 19 13 34

Imm. Sub AD 172 23 7 35 11 3 33 103 9 2 14 20 5 2 47 Imm. Sub Adult 33 102 9 150 84 6 100 19 2 175. 24 } 300 86 8 275 27 741

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5:45 P.M. 1300 800

BAND RECORDS Makapole Cliffs Kauai 26 Nov 1967 Bands used: 645-25585 ? missing 645-25586-97 (12) Bands returned: 645-25603 645-25601 Kilauea Point Kauai 26 Nov 1967 Bands used: 705-11201-05 (2) 645-25598-600 (3) 767-44511-12 (2) Bands returned: 597-12442 597-12449 Summary: 19 birds banded including 2 RFB 15 WTS 4 birds returned including 2 RFB 2 WTS

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. POPULATION ESTIMATES Kilauea Point, Kauai 26 November 1967 RFB: Ad. Imm. SubA (1345) Sub-Colony A 12 1 - (1345) Sub-Colony B 150 16 9 (0830) Sub-Colony B 106 WTS: 10-20 Adults and Immatures

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Kilauea Pt. Kauai Nov 26-27, 1967 Fitch

Bands issued: Kilauea Mt. Kanai 705-11201 - 11300 767-44511-600 H7K171 -> Bands used: 705-11201-02 (2) 167 767-44511-12 (2) 168 169 172 Returns: 166 597-12442 173 597-12449 174 170

Kilauea Pt. Kauai Nov 26 '67 - 2130 - 2340 -25 RFB 597-12449 ♂? 26 WTS 645-25598 ♀ imm 27 " 645-25599 -Adl 28 " 645-25600 -Adl -29 RFB 597-12442 ♀ 30 WTS 705-11201 imm. 31 RFB 767-44511 ♀ 32 RFB 767-44512 33 WTS 705-11202 Ad.

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Bands Issued: Kauai Fitch 645-25585-255600→ 3:00-6:20 P.M. Makapelo Cliffs, Kauai 26 November 1967 4 645-25603-I mm without 645-25586-I mm with down 3 645-25587 " " " 4 " " 88 " " " 5 " " 89 " " " 6 " " 90 " " " 7 " " 91 " " without 8 " " 92 " without 9 " " 93 " without 10 " " 94 " withdown 11 " " 95 " without - 12 645-25601 yes 13 645-255 96 Imm. without 14 645-255 97 Imm with down Samples 1 thru 14 are assigned Serum sample numbers H7K152 thru H7K165 consecutively

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Kilauea Pt., Kauai Fitch 27 December, 1967 3:35 P.M. : no birds on Mokuaaeae Isl. 3:40 P.M. Colony B: 13 adults - no immatures

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4:50 35 adult 2 imm. 17 adult 0 imm. 29 adult 1 imm. 133 adult 3 imm. 2 sub-adult 214 6 2 4 Frigate chases 1 1/4 adult RFB vs. Frigates 1 immature RFB vs. Frigates all unsuccessful 59 birds in trees - 57 adults - 1 subadult - 1 imm. 92 Brown boobies in caves or crevices under the RFB colony -

4 preening pairs of LFB - all on grass - lower vegetation - NOT on trees 1 Tropic bird - 3:45 5:35: min .RTB versus 6F - Successful

5:20 RFB count 67 adults - 2 sub 1 mm 27 " 35 166 3 sub 2 mm 295 5:20 Brown Booby Count 102

5:45 p.m. 127 Adults 12 Imm. 9 S.A. 40 2 3 25 42 3 228 - 6 13 482 9 1 25 11 1 7 1 mm. 5 2 Coming in 8 Ad. 1mm. 12 2 1 Ad. 1 1 15 3 1mm. 1 1 1 20 2 2 8 1 3 / 3

5:45 BB 172 Brown - RF Chase - Brown Vears off Frigate forced RFB into water Frigate - RFB (forced into water) BBC Cunningham # 5

6:30 125 RFB colony between B and C 75 RFB colony B Summary: # Sera sampled: 31 Recaptures : 57 Banded : 24 Jul 67 587-84912 imm. July 64 597-12410 ad. Jul . 64 597-12607 ad. Jul . 64 597-12688 ad & egg Mer. 66 757-61109 ad. Nov. 66 767-50049 w/g ck Sept. 67 767-53119 ad.

767-44513-36 (24 bands) used 27 Dec. 1967 Kilanea Pt. 1 13 adult 1-18 at new colony 2 14 adult between 3 15 imm B and C - all adults in 4 16 imm new plumage- prob. breeding 5 17 imm 6 18 adult 7 19 imm 8 20 subad 9 21 ad -10 597-12607 ad 11 22 ad -12 597-12410 ad 13 23 ad -14 767-53119 ad 15 24 ad 16 25 ad 17 26 imm 18 27 ad

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19 adult 28 19 - 20 imm 29 at colony c on Makapili 21 ad 30 22 ad 31 - 23 imm 587-84912 - 24 ad 757-61109 25 ad 32 with large - 26 ad ♀ 767-50049 chick 27 ad 33 28 subad 34 29 ad 35 30 ad 36 on egg - 31 ad ♂ 597-12608

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Colony C egg || small naked || small nestling || large nestling |

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Colony C Count of Yg. 29 December 1967 Makapole Cliffs 1 egg III IIII 2 egg 1 naked ck " 2 naked ck 1 small downy ck 1(dead), " 1 large downy ck " 15 nests

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