Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 18 - continued 4 From the little any of us saw of the island it is difficult to determine bird populations; the most prominent tree is the coconut palm which harbors maybe one Hawaiian Noddy nest for every 15 to 20 trees; the people move about the island and are positive discouragement to bird populations - they are not adverse to eating birds when they are available - therefore ground nesting species have very little chance - we did see Common Noddy chicks, however, indicating that they were nesting somewhere in limited numbers near the village; there are a few Fairy Terns, and some Pacific Pigeons; shorebirds are present in goodly numbers and had we had the time to survey the beaches well, we might have turned up some unusual species; Hawaiian Noddies are the only birds that one might call numerous and their numbers probably do not exceed one thousand.