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June 2 - Burchbatter - estimate
Lisianski for the area & traversed
Laysan Albatross ca 1300 ) chicks.
Black F. Albatross ca 700 (50 inland)
Wedge Tailed Shearwater ca 30,000 + 50% - ca 15,000 burrows
Christmas Island Shew. 12, / on egg
Bonin Island Pet. - 2 dead chicks
Red-Tailed Tropicbird - ca 100 nests / all eggs chicks
Great Tropicbird - 130 rests 60% egg 10% sm. 15% med 15% lar
Brown Booby - 2 rests - 1 egg, 2 sm.
Blue-Faced Booby - 83 nests 25% egg 25% sm. 15% med 35% lar
Red F. Booby - 229 nests 50% eggs 25% sm. 10% med. 15% lar.
Sooty Tern - one colony - ca. 200
O.B.Tern - 5 colonies - ca 300
Common Noddy - ca 18,000 + 50%
W.L. Noddy - ca 150 rests, ca 500 rooting
Fairy Tern - ca 300 - a few sm eggs