ATF observation check-lists June - July 1963 (ATF 2)

Location oahu to 21°56'N 159°49'W Observer Date 4 June, 1963 Time 0930 to 1400 Weather 9.8 Lunch break from 1200 - 1400 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 120 12.2 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby / Red-footed Booby 21 Great Frigatebird / Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 39 41.0 Gray-backed Tern 3 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 123 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Total birds = 316

Location 22°5'N 161°39'W to Nihon Island Observer Date 5 June, 1963 Time 0630 to 1817 Weather SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater + No Accurate counts, Christmas I. Shearwater + birds very numerous Audubon's Shearwater especially near Bonin I. Petrel island 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 +

Location Nihoa to 23°30'N 163°50'W Observer Date 6 June, 1963 Time 1030 to 1900 Weather 8.5 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross / Black-footed Albatross 24 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 31+ 3.6 Christmas I. Shearwater / Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 112+ Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 5 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby / Brown Booby / Red-footed Booby 3 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 95+ 11.2 Gray-backed Tern 2 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy / Fairy Tern 15 Shearwater-Petrel 8 Total Birds = 270+

Location 26°24'W > 171°15'W to 27°11'W > 173°41'W Observer Date 17 June, 1963 Time 0730 to [illegible] Weather 11.3 1845 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 2+ Black-footed Albatross 14+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 69+ Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 31 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 435+ 38,5 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pterodroma 1 Total 61uds = 551

23°13' T 176°40 Location 23°57'N 176°49'W to 22°29'N 176°32'W Observer Date 1 July, 1963 Time 0700 to 1600 Weather SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 7± Wedge-tailed Shearwater 10 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 3 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 42+ Gray-backed Tern 41.7 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pterodroma 3 Total Birds = 70 July 1963

19°04' N 176°06' W Location 19°58'N 176°13'W to 18°10'N 175°57'W Observer Date 2 July, 1963 Time 0700 to 1600 Weather 9.0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 80 8.9 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 251± 27.9 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern / 37.0 Ptenodroma 1 Total Birds = 333

146 04 T 175 18 Location 15°00'N 175°26'W to 13°09'N 175°11'W Observer Date 3 July, 1963 Time 0700 to 1600 Weather 9.0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 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 Pterodroma 5 Total birds = 13

09°31' T 174°41' Location 10°14'N 174°35'W to 08°49'N 174°44'W Observer Date 4 July, 1963 Time 0700 to 1600 Weather 9.0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 39 4.3 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 Pterodroma 11 Total Birds = 51

05°26'4 174°13 Location 06°15'N to 174°17'W to 04°32'N to 174°10'W Observer Date 5 July, 1963 Time 0700 to 1600 Weather 9.0 Abundance Breeding Species 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 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 Phoradroma 2 Total birds = 6

Location Between Baker And Enderby Islands 1000 Observer Date 16 July, 1963 Time 8.00 to 16.00 Weather 6.0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6.0 Christmas I. Shearwater 2 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel 2 Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird ? White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 4/ Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 9 1,3 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Total birds = 18