ATF observation check-lists February - March 1963 (ATF 1)

(21°08'N 7 15°8'04"W = midpoint at 1500) (return to Oahu) Location Oahu to 21°06'N 7 15°8'14"W to 21°15'N 7 15°8'41"W Observer D.T.F. Date 4 February, 1963 Time 1145 to 1840 Weather 6.9 54 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 1 Black-footed Albatross 3 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6.0 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 Brown Booby 3 Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 200+ 29.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pomarine Jaeger 11+ 2 collected Total birds = 219

( 21°26'N 7 159°03'W at 1200 ) Location 21°35'N 7 159°40'W to 21°15'N 7 157°55'W Observer Date 5 February, 1962 Time 0630 to 1800 Weather 11.5 103 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 4 Black-footed Albatross 8 16m. ded. unbreeding Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone 1 Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 212 Animal was? present. 18.4 Gray-backed Tern 1 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Jaeger 6 Booby 2 Tern 40 Bird 1 Total birds = 278

(21°21'v 7 157°45'w midpoint 1800) Location Oahu to 21°13'v 7 157°52'w Observer Date 7 February, 1969 3 Time 1700 to 1846 Weather 1.9 19 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 9 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 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 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 4 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 28 15, 6 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Jaeger 30+ Total Birds = 71

(22°00'N 161°11'W at 1200) Location 21°40'N 160°06'W to 22°27'N 162°31'W Observer Date 8 February, 1967 Time 0600 to 1900 Weather 13.0 146 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 2+ Black-footed Albatross 12+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 16 banded and released Christmas I. Shearwater 2.0 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby 9 Red-footed Booby 4 Great Frigatebird 2 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 67 3.2 Gray-backed Tern 1 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 33 Storm Petrel 7 Booby 2 Tern 10 Shearwater-Petrel 1 Bird 1 Total birds = 151

(25°23'N > 165°58'W at 1200) Location 23°14'N > 164°59'W to 23°0'N > 166°25'W Observer Date 9 February, 1962 Time 0700 to 1940 Weather 11.7 102 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross 2+ Black-footed Albatross 33+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 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 1 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 3 Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 51 4.4 Gray-backed Tern 7 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 11 60064 2 Shearwater - Petrel 2 Total birds = 113

(24°97'N 168°51'W at 1200) Location 24°10'N 167°58'W to 24°29'N 169°30'W Observer Date 10 February, 1966 Time 0800 to 1300 Weather 10,0 87 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 3+ Black-footed Albatross 24+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 4/ Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel 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 3 6,3 Gray-backed Tern 8 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Shearwater-Petrel 3 Bird 1 Total birds = 48

within 50 mi laysan Isl. all day Location 25° 25'W - 171° 49'W to 6 mi new laysan Ist. Observer Date 11 February, 1943 Time 0700 to 1348 Weather 75 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 20+ Black-footed Albatross 100+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 0.0 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 40 +++ 7 covered water at one point Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird / White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 6 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 15 Great Frigatebird 2 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 0.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 600g Shearwater-Petrel 1 Total birds = 191

(21°41'N 7 174°56'W at 1,200) Location 22°14'N 7 174°32'W to 20°16'N 7 174°46'W Observer A.T.F. Date 14 MARCH, 1963 Time 0900 to 1900 Weather /0,0 120 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross 1 + Black-footed Albatross 4 + 2 collected Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater 0.0 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 2 0.2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Booby 3 1.7 Tern 1 Shearwater -Petrel 2 Gird 2 Total birds = 17

(17°31'N 7 174°58'W at 1000 about 1/2 way) Location 18°08'N 7 174°58'W to 16°44'N 7 175°00'W Observer Date 15 March, 1963 Time 0700 to 1400 Weather 7.0 84 mile SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 2+ 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 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 0.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater-Petrel 2 bird 1 total birds = 5

(12°28'N 7 175°41'W at 1200) Location 13°32'N 7 175°38'W to 11°27'N 7 175°39'W Observer Date 16 March, 1963 Time 0725 to 1800 Weather 10.6 124 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 3 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 7 0.7 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 6ird 2 Total birds = 12

Location 08°55'N 175°40'W to 07°08'N 174°45'W Observer Date 17 March, 1963 Time 0700 to 1730 Weather 120 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater 7 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 4/ Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 3 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Tropic bird 1 Shearwater-Petrel 4 Total birds = 22

Location 04°35'N 175°40'E to 03°22'N 176°10'W Observer Date 18 March, 1963 Time 0630 to 1845 Weather 79 miles 12.3 SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 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 1 Brown Booby 3 Red-footed Booby 1 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 0.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 60067 1 0.7 frigate bird 1 Shearwater Petrel 2 Total birds = 9

Location 00°51'N 7 176°41'W to Howland Island Observer Date 19 March, 1963 Time 0630 to 0752 Weather ca 10 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 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 15 Brown Booby 2 Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 7 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 8 5.7 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 Total birds = 33

Location 00°42'N > 169°42'W to 08°23'N > 168°41'W Observer Date 27 March, 1963 Time 0900 to 1845 Weather 9.8 119 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 18 1.8 Christmas I. Shearwater 5 13 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel 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 0.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater-Petrel 122+ Total birds = 153

Location 04°45'N to 167°22'W 05°37' / 146°38' Observer Date 28 March, 1963 Time 0600 to 1830 Weather 12.6 Ca 175 mi. ESE SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 10 0.9 Christmas I. Shearwater 31 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby 2 Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 6.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 9 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Tropicbird 1 6.9 Booby 1 Shearwater-Petrel 30 Total birds = 86

(10°54'N 7 160°17'W at 1200) Location 09°36'N 7 160°36'W to 11°26'W 7 163°53'W Observer Date 24 March, 1943 Time 0930 to 1600 Weather 7.5 100 miles Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks SPECIES Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater 4 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pterodroma 1 Tropicbird 1 Shearwater-petrel 1 Total birds = 8

(14°55'N 7 161°46'W at 1/2 way) Location 14°20'N 7 162°02'W to 15°21'N 7 161°36'W Observer Date 30 March, 1983 Time 0750 to 1540 Weather 7.8 76 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater 2 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel 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 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern birds 3 Total birds = 7

(19°18' N 7 159°05' W at ½ way) Location 18°39' N 7 159°55' W to 19°54' N 7 158°34' W Observer Date 31 March, 1963 Time 0730 to 1815 Weather 10.8 103 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 30 2.8 Christmas I. Shearwater 11 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 3 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 31 2.9 Gray-backed Tern 5 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Present Leach's Storm Petrel 3 Shearwater-Petrel 10 17.0 birds 50 Total birds = 140