Leeward islands observation check-list, March 1965 (Shearwater)

Location 21°24'N + 158°16'W at 1400 Observer Date 3 March, 1965 Time 0900 to 1840 Weather 9.7 104 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 1 Black-footed Albatross 30 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 4 0.4 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 5 Masked Booby Brown Booby 14 Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 50 51.6 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 2 Hawaiian Noddy 60 Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pterodroma 10 Tropicbird 2 65.4 Petrel 1 Shearwater-Petrel 2 Total birds = 34

Location 22°54'N -> 163°14'W at 1200 Observer Date 4 March, 1961 Time 0607 to 1803 Weather 11.9 139 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 3 Black-footed Albatross 11 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 30 2.5 Christmas l. Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin l. Petrel Phoenix l. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel 2 Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 201 16.9 Gray-backed Tern 1 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy 1 Blue-gray Noddy 1 Fairy Tern 38 Leach's Storm Petrel 3 Phalarope 1 Tern 1 Booby 1 Shearwater Petrel 3 Total birds = 298

Location 21°00'N > 167°43'W at 1200 Observer Date 5 march, 1965 Time 0627 to 1821 Weather 11.9 133 ml Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross 3 4 Black-footed Albatross 2 3 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 0.0 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 2 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 1 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 195 15.5 Gray-backed Tern 1 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Leach's Storm Petrel 3 Total birds = 214

Location 25°14'W 171°13'W at 0700 Observer Date 6 March, 1965 Time 0650 to 0900 Weather 2.3 Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Neets Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross 3 Black-footed Albatross 100+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5 2, 10 Christmas I. Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel too numerous to count Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 2 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 4 Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 53 2/. 2 Gray-backed Tern 30+ Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern too numerous to count

Location 24°19'N, 168°23'W at 1200 Observer Date 21/March, 1965 Time 0621 to 1822 Weather 12.0 135 mile SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross 4 Black-footed Albatross 35 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 19 1.2 Christmas I. Shearwater 2 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 27 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 230 19.2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 Luch's Storm Petrel 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 0.1 26.6 Shearwater Petrel 2 Pterodroma 1 Total birds = 319

Location 28°47'n 163°57'w at 1200 Observer Date 22 March, 1963 Time 0601 to 1804 Weather 12.1 127 mile SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 3 Black-footed Albatross 20 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 111 9.2 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 6 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 1 Brown Booby 3 Red-footed Booby 11 Great Frigatebird 2 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 173 14.3 Gray-backed Tern 19 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 1 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 17 1,8 Soot Shearwater 22 Tern 6 Phalarope 1 Pterodroma 2 Shearwater-Petrel 45 Total birds = 439

Location 21°46'N > 160°29'W 29°47'N > 163°57'W at 1200 Observer Date 23 March, 1965 Time 06:16 to 18:50 Weather 12.1 7/127 mi. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 2 Black-footed Albatross 9 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 236 19.5 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel 5 Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby 1 Brown Booby 11 Red-footed Booby 27 Great Frigatebird 9 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 107 8. 8 Gray-backed Tern 21 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 4 Hawaiian Noddy 17 Blue-gray Noddy 2 Fairy Tern 16 Leach's Shear Petrel 1 Wattled Petrel 1 Newell's Shearwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 66 Storm Petrel 4 albatross 1 Tern 5 Moby Tern 2 Booby 11 Bird 1 Shearwater-Petrel 18 Total birds = 580