Report of Exploration of Seabird Colonies 



239 



few birds were found near them, and none were nesting. I saw, in all, about 25 

 Royal Terns, 40 Forstcr's Terns and 125 Brown Pelicans. 



ENUMERATION OF SPECIES 



al feeding stations. (Breeding colonies are 



Of hirds seen in nesting colonics anc 

 marked with an asterisk [*].) 



Brown I^elic.\m — 



Diamond Reef Keys 60 



*Shell Keys 300 



Caroline's Cut Island .Soo 



Trinity Bay 45° 



Wine Island (eastern) 325 



Wine Island (western) 1,000 



East Timbalicr 5°° 



Ft. Livingston ,iOO 



Barataria Bay 15° 



Shell Island 125 



♦North Pass 20 



♦Northeast Pass 600 



*South\vest Pass 7'Soo 



11,630 

 White Pelican — 



Calcasieu Pass 5° 



Caroline's Cut Island 200 



Trinity Bay 15° 



Wine Island (eastern) 200 



Barataria Bav 50 



650 



Least Tern — 



Calcasieu Pass 50 



Trinity Bay 75 



Wine Island (eastern) 06 



185 

 Cabot's Tern — 



Ft. Livingston 25 



Northeast Pass 50 



Caspian Tern— 



*North Pass 



*Pass a L' Out re. 



Royal Tern — 



Diamond Reef Keys 200 



♦Shell Keys 9°° 



Caroline's Cut Island 150 



Trinity Bay 100 



Wine Island (eastern and western) . . 400 



East Timbalier 200 



Shell Islands 

 ♦North Pass. . 



25 



Black Skimmer — 



Calcasieu Pass 3°° 



♦Caroline's Cut Island 75° 



Trinity Bay 600 



Wine Island (eastern) 100 



♦East Timbalier 5.5°° 



Northeast Pass 100 



7.350 

 -i>75o 



Louisiana Heron — 

 *East Timbalier 



Laughing Gull — 



Trinity Bay 5° 



♦East Timbalier 4,5°° 



Barataria Bay 5°° 



♦North Pass 25 



♦Pass a L'Outre 25 



♦Northeast Pass • 5° ° 



5,600 



Grand Total 30.340 



75 Appro.ximate numbers of birds found breed- 



Forster's Tern— 

 ♦Barataria Bay . . 



Shell Island.... 



*North Pass 



♦Pass a L'Outre. 

 ♦Northeast Pass . 



Southwest Pass . 



200 



50 

 50 



Brown Pelican 8,500 



Forster's Tern 7°° 



Caspian Tern 100 



Royal Tern - 9°° 



Black Skimmer 6,000 



Louisiana Heron i>50° 



Laughing Gull -5'°°° 



