Fleet, Rober t 
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Banding; (Nihoa) 795-2906? - 100 Common Noddy local 9/23/64 
Miscellaneous notes: found one Common Noddy on egg; egg cheaped when shook. 
Septemb er 25 — Landed on Necker island at 0900-1100. Much more difficult 
than Nihoa. Everything vet. Gene got washed out of rubber boat. Jack 
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. got dumped in water trying to land. Everyone got knocked down by waves 
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on rock ledge, many cuts and bruises. Hole ripped in rubber boat; must 
be patched before transferring remainder of gear. 
Saw twelve seals; 6 adult ?*s, 6 adult unknown. Remains of one 
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dead subadult. Blue-gray Noddies common, Fairy Tern cotmnon. Saw one 
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Brown Booby adult and at least two Blue-faced Booby iramatures. See 
one Red-footed Booby adult on nest. Common Noddy alundant. 
Island is U shaped. Center of U is shark bay. Probably was crater 
of island. Landing made at West cove at base of.U. 
Began population estimates. 
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Sept ember 26 — Completed population estimates, did some banding. Left 
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island at 1300 hours. Jack fell into water getting off. Punctured rubber 
boat; Webb fell in twice and motor quit. 
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Popu lation Sur vey es ti mates 
Red -tailed Tropicbird = 25 young birds; adult count at 1100 =* 15 est 100-150 
Blue-faced Booby *» adult 58 
immature 57 
^ local 6 
Brown Booby * adult 8 
immature 3 
Red-footed Booby * adult 74 on nests 
[27] on eggs 
[22] on chicks 
[25] unknowns 
locals 23 
immature 64 
unoccupied adults 84 
estimate 600 - 700 
