ATF observation check-lists October - November 1963 (ATF 3)

2025 T 158-15 Location 21°16'N 7 158°00'W to 19°40'N 7 158°30'W Observer Date 3 October, 1963 Time 1045 to 1820 Weather 7.6 no observation between 1230 & 1620 SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 11 1.4 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 1 Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird 6 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 Tern 1 Bird 11 Pterodroma Y Total birds = 38 OCTOBER 1963

16°59' to 161°14' Location 17°37'N to 160°31'W to 16°11'N to 161°57'W Observer Date 4 October, 1963 Time 0725 to 1630 Weather 9.1 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2 0.2 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 4 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 26 2.9 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 1 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pterodroma Shearwater-Petrel bird 15 25 9.2 Total birds = 75

13°23' - 16°40'45" Location 14°07'N 7 164°04'W to 18°39'N 7 165°21'W Observer Date 5 October, 1963 Time 0710 to 1755 Weather 10.8 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater / 0.1 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 2 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover / Ruddy Turnstone 2 Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 85 7.9 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Pterodroma Shearwater-Petrel 2 12 Total birds = 107

10° 11' - 167° 57' Location 11° 04' N 167° 07' W to 09° 18' N 168° 48' W Observer Date 6 October, 1963 Time 06:50 to 19:40 Weather 12, 2 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 4 0.3 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 10 2 collected Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 25 2.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Sooty Shearwater 1 tern Phaethon Shearwater-Albat Bird 1 10 13 Total birds = 66

06°45' T 171°01' Location 07°31'N 170°18'W to 06°00'N 171°44'W Observer Date 7 October, 1963 Time 0620 to 1805 Weather 11.6 Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 11 0.9 Christmas I. Shearwater 4 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 3 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 3 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone 2 1 collected Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 14/1 12.2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Tropicbird 1 14.1 Pterodroma 13 Shearwater-Petrel 34 Bird 9 Total Birds = 221

04°01' T 173°32' Location 04°34'N to 173°20'W to 03°28'W to 173°48'W Observer Date 8 October, 1963 Time 0625 to 1500 Weather 0.6 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater / 0.1 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird / 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 140 16.3 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 8 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Leach's Storm Petrel 2 Tern 97 Tropicbird 3 Pterodroma 2 Shearwater-Petrel 107 bird 18 Total birds = 385

Location 02°15'N 168°44'W to 04°15'S 167°30'W Observer Date 22 November, 1963 Time 0700 to 1800 Weather No observation between 1400 & 1712 11.0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young 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 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 20 1.8 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Leach's Storm Petrel 34 Pterodroma 8 Total birds = 35 3.2 NOVEMBER 1963

07'50T 148°10 Location 06°53'N 7 165°46'W to 08°41'W to 164°31'W Observer Date 23 November, 1963 Time 0720 to 1740 Weather 10,3 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 59 6.7 Christmas I. Shearwater 2 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel 1 Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 8 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 10 1,0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Leach's Storm Petrel 2 Tropicbird 1 10.4 Pterodroma Shearwater Petrel 6 Total Birds = 107

Location 11°36'N to 13°18'N 163°08'E to 162°17'W Observer Date 24 November, 1963 Time 0800 to 1730 Weather 20 observation between 1346 and 1530 9.5 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater / 0.1 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 / 0.1 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern White-neck Petrel / Leach's Storm Petrel / 6006g Pterodroma 5 Shearwater-1st? 7 Total birds = 20

Location 17°54'N/2 160°40'W to 17°32'N/2 159°01'W Observer Date 25 November, 1963 Time 0500 to 1700 Weather 20 observers between 1210 and 1410 9.0 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 15 1.7 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 3 6.3 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Total birds = 18