Leewards Survey 19, May-June 1967
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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