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Ludwig, J. P.
1964
These roosts are, I believe, analogous to the "clubs" of Masked Boobies,
Herring gulls and other birds. These "clubs" are not strict however,
as on several occasions I watched birds alight on different clubs than
their home club. However, when on a strange club the birds acted as
though apprehensive and usually left after a short time - the threat of
any bird resident on the club was enough to send the new arrival away.
The Sooty Terns on Moku Manu again exhibited the phenomena of
building up of their numbers over the island as evening approached.
We estimated about 5000 breeding pairs on this island. There may
actually be considerably more than this. We left the head approxi-
mately 1850 after collecting one Booby with a broken wing.
February 24, 1964
Noted cloud of 5000-10000 Sooty Terns off Manana Island. Not yet
nesting
February 26, 1964
After calling DC, King, Hoeman, Whitman, and I caught the 1300
plane for Kauai and left to band Boobies in the Kilauea Lighthouse
Colony. Made reservations to get to Manu tomorrow evening and back to
Oahu Sunday evening.
Arrived at Kilauea Lighthouse Colony where we remained for about
75 minutes. I estimated about 170 adult pairs here. Most birds seem
to be singles sitting on eggs or nest. Noted 3 dark phase birds, 7
immatures and subadults with an estimated 260 adults present. Wind was