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

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



ENUMERATION OF SPECIES 



Of birds seen in nesting colonies and 

 marked with an asterisk [*].) 



Brown Pelican — 



Diamond Reef Keys 60 



*Shell Keys 300 



Caroline's Cut Island 300 



Trinity Bay 450 



Wine Island (eastern) 325 



Wine Island (western) 1,000 



East Timbalier 500 



Ft. Livingston 300 



Barataria Bay 150 



Shell Island 125 



*North Pass 20 



*Northeast Pass 600 



''Southwest Pass 7.S00 



11,630 

 White Pelican — 



Calcasieu Pass 50 



Caroline's Cut Island 200 



Trinity Bay 150 



Wine Island (eastern) 200 



Barataria Bay 50 



650 

 Least Tern — 



Calcasieu Pass 50 



Trinity Bay 75 



Wine Island (eastern) 06 



185 

 Cabot's Tern — 



Ft. Livingston 25 



Northeast Pass 50 



at feeding stations. (Breeding colonies are 



Caspian Tern — ■ 



*North Pass 75 



*Pass a L'Outre 25 



100 

 Royal Tern — 



Diamond Reef Keys 200 



*Shell Keys 900 



Caroline's Cut Island 150 



Trinity Bay 100 



Wine Island (eastern and western) . . 400 



East Timbalier 200 



Shell Islands 25 



*North Pass 25 



2,000 

 Black Skimmer — 



Calcasieu Pass 300 



^Caroline's Cut Island 750 



Trinity Bay 600 



Wine Island (eastern) 100 



*East Timbalier 5)5°° 



Northeast Pass 100 



7,350 

 Louisiana Heron — 



East Timbalier i)75° 



Laughing Gull — 



Trinity Bay 5° 



*East Timbalier 4,5°° 



Barataria Bay 500 



*North Pass 25 



*Pass a L'Outre 25 



, *Northeast Pass -- 5°° 



5,600 



Grand Total 3°,340 



75 

 Forster's Tern— 



*Barataria Bay 200 



Shell Island 50 



North Pass 50 



*Pass a L'Outre 125 



*Northeast Pass 375 



Southwest Pass 200 



Approximate numbers of birds found breed- 

 ing- 

 Brown Pelican 8,500 



Forster's Tern 7°° 



Caspian Tern 1 00 



Royal Tern 9°° 



Black Skimmer 6,000 



Louisiana Heron i>5°° 



Laughing Gull -5.o°° 



22,700 



