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Sooty Tern / VADP
943 - 14740 OE ✓
- 19566 OE ✓
VADP Red-footed Booby
✓ 757 - 27979 SNC
Red tailed tropic birds:
are nesting & probably most of it-
under the Seabird. Densities seem
highest on the perimeter of the island,
but nearly each sizable patch
of Snow on the interior of the island
also has a tropic bird nesting
under it. The seabird does
not extend to the central portion of the
island in any density; therefore
the tropic birds are generally limited
to a perimeter = 2-5 hundred yards
wide around the island. They nest
alone, beside common noddies, lesser
fairy albatross and Red-footed Boobies. The low
intensity of light seems to increase