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Mokapu Point
Location: & Maku many
Observer Ludwig, Haeman, Whitman Date Feb.21.1964 Time 1600 to 1850
Weather Clear, Bright, Few Clouds at 2000' - 10-18 KT. NE
TRADES: 850
Abundance Breeding
SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + 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 ✓ 6 Seen in Channel
Red-footed Booby ✓✓✓ Est. 2200 ± 500
Great Frigatebird ✓ Est. 11-15
Golden Plover ✓ Saw 5 IN AREA
Ruddy Turnstone
Wandering Tattler ✓ | Seen at Marine Base Gate
Sanderling
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Sooty Tern √2?2 EST 5,500 pr. ± 2000 pr.
Gray-backed Tern
Brown-winged Tern
Common Noddy
Hawaiian Noddy
Blue-gray Noddy
Fairy Tern
Black-Necked Stilt ✓ 7 Seen on Marstat Gate