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Robert Fleet
1963 2
just experienced on Rabbit Island were to come before the time of
fledging. Seven rabbits were seen. A passerine was spotted in
crater, tentatively identified by David Bratley as a Red-billed leiotbrix.
It appeared very similar to three passernines on Mokolua.
Species Account
1 Wandering Tattler
2+ Golden Plover
4 Mouse
7 rabbits
1 Frigatebird (soaring over island at 150+ feet)
2 Noddy Terns
1 Wedge-tail immature
1 passerine (Red-billed leiotbrix ?O
1 Black-crowned night Heron
The heron was just arriving as were leaving in the dusk. It came
from the direction of the Marine Island.