R.Clapp 1964 Oct. 23-24 - Jemo Island, Jemo Atoll Population Estimates RBC PL P.A.T. A.B.A. INH GW F.Tern 150 400 2000- 1000 400 Abund. H.Noddy 250 70 500-700 75-100 --- ---- R.F.Booby 1500 150 1000 500 1000 Com-Abund. C.Noddy ---- 25 100 25-50 --- 20 B.T.Curlew 1 2 1-2 --- 1 1 W.Tattler 8 5 0 --- 1 10 R.Turnst. 60 50 20 --- 40 70 G.Plover 60 50 20 --- 16 45-50 Gr.Frigate 2 10 25 15-25 2 ---- B.Booby 3 3 2 2 2 ---- R.Heron --- --- --- 1 --- ---- Revised Estimates Fairy Tern - 500-750 Hawaiian Noddy - 150-250 Redfooted Booby- 750-1000 Common Noddy - 25-50 B.T.Curlew - 1-2 Wandering Tattler - 5-8 Gr.Frigate - 10-20 Ruddy Turnstone - 60 B.Booby - 2-3 Golden Plover - 50 Reef Heron - 1 This island had very high vegetation with perhaps 200 Redfoot nests, upon some of which birds were incubating. All three phases of redfoots were seen but we were able to obtain no good estimates of their proportions. Mosquitoes were abundant and plagued us throughout the night. Binion and the others moved down to the beach while I hid beneath my Off impregnated sheet trying to read Carthy on Animal Navigation. I nearly got carried away by the rats which were very numerous. (They were very abundant in the moist litter at the base of the root systems of the large trees) The "crown" of the island is almost a hill, certainly much higher than on any other atoll we have so far visited. Perhaps 20-25 ft. in height This island or atoll unlike others visited is but a single lump of land. No lagoon.