ATF observation check-lists February - April 1964 (ATF 4)

Location Oahu to 19°40'N 159°02'W Observer Date 3 February, 1964 Time 0930 to 1750 Weather 8.0 120 miles Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 2+ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 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 1 Red-footed Booby 1 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 51 6.4 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Bonariva Jaeger 1 Joeger 8 Tropical Ird Tern 1 20 11.9 Pterodroma Shearwater-Petrel 2 6ird 4 Total Birds = 95

Location 17°40'N to 161°00'W to 16°00'N to 163°00'W Observer Date 4 February, 1966 Time 0700 to 1735 Weather 10.6 156 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 2 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 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 59 5.6 Gray-backed Tern 2 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 3 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Goaby 2 1.9 Tropicbird 3 Bird 2 Total Birds = 79

Location 13°54'N 164°35'W to 11°54'N 166°29'W Observer Date 5 February, 1964 Time 0700 to 1815 Weather 11.3 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 2 Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby 1 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 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 4 tragicbird 1 Frigatebird 1 Shearwater-Petrel 2 Total birds = 15

Location 09°51'W to 168°22'W to 07°51'W to 170°11'W Observer Date 6 February, 1964 Time 0710 to 1750 Weather 10.3 16' 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 6 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 9 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 225 21.8 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Leach's Storm Petrel 5 tropicbird 1 Tern 2 Booby 1 pterodroma 3 Shearwater-Petrel 10 Bird 1 Total birds = 264

Location 06°01'N - 171°50'W to 04°15'N - 173°29'W Observer Date 7 February, 1964 Time 0700 to 1730 Weather 10, 8 145 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 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby 5 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 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 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Tropicbird 1 Pterochroma 2 Total Birds = 13

Location 02°08'N 175°01'W to Howland Island Observer Date 8 February, 1941 Time 0710 to 1342 Weather Weather at 1130 - 1155 119 miles 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 3 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 2 Leach's Storm Petrel 1 Pt. (illegible) 1 Total Birds = 8

Location 07°15'5" T 178°40'W Observer Date 4 March, 1964 Time 0730 to 1920 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 Christmas I. Shearwater 14 14+ dark/cheer 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 80 7.4 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 6 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Leach's Storm Petrel 2 Storm Petrel 1 70 19.3 Tern Frigatebird 7 Shrewwater-Petrel 16 Bird 2 Total birds = 208

110-36'S 7 170°12'w Location Observer Date 5 March, 1964 Time 0730 to 1815 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 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 6 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone 2 Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 5 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 10 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 67 Tern 2 Tropicbird 2 Booby 2 Gird 2 Shearwater-Petrel 12 Total birds = 111

Location Pago Pago to 12°46'5"7 169°11'w Observer Date 10 March, 1964 Time 0950 to 1815 Weather 118 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5 0.6 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater 1 Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 13 Masked Booby Brown Booby 9 Red-footed Booby 80 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew 0.2 Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 64 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 14 tern 15 Shearwater-Petrel 10 61-9 2 total birds = 213

Location 09°20'S > 166°25'W to 09°40'S > 166°20'W Observer Date 11 March, 1964 Time 0730 to 1808 Weather 10.6 156 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 13 Christmas I. Shearwater 1,2 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 1 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 4 0 4 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 3 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 bird 3 Total birds = 28

(0608) Location 07°00'S → 164°55'W to 04°20'S → 163°12'W Observer Date 12 March, 1964 Time 0730 to 1910 Weather 160 miles 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 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 32 3.0 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern / Leach's Storm Petrel / Tern 2 Shearwater Petrel 10 Total Birds = 51

Location 02°30'5" 162°16'W to 01°03'5" 161°40'W Observer Date 13 March, 1964 Time 0730 to 1810 Weather <156 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 4 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 150 12.1 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy / Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 4 Leach's Storm Petrel 2 Frigatebird 9 total birds = 155

Location 15°20'N/7 15°30'W to 17°50'N/7 15°8'W Observer Date 6 April 1964 Time 0800 to 1710 Weather <150 miles SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5 0.6 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 1 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 8 0.9 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Storm Petrel 1 larger 2 Sooty? Shearwater 2 Shearwater-Batrel 22 bird 4 Total birds = 47