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apread from a section of the low shrub in the center of the windward side of 
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the peninsula to cover the entire windward side. If it is assumed that the lee- 
ward side will not be utilised, as it ha© not been ujp to now, the saturation 
point for the peninsula will very shortly be reached. It could conceivably 
which flggttttS to have been laid in January, according to Coast Guard personnel. 
There is still considerable nest building activity including aerial fights over 
desirable sticks or pieces of vegetation. Rests are quite similar to those of 
Moku Manu, being elevrbed from 6 inches to 3 feet above the ground, mostly in 
low bushes but also built up from the ground in a mound. There appears bo 
be an overflow onto the island but no nests were seen so it may prove to be 
solely e roost area. About 12 Boobies were observed on the Island at 0800 but 
these soon left. There is considerable human traffic on the point, the light- 
house being a tourist attraction, but the birds were remarkably tame, although 
this can be attributed mainly to the fact that they had nests for the most 
part. The point offers a unique opportunity to study Boobies because of 
its easy accessibility and the proximity with which the colony may be visited. 
Population censuses can best be made from the next point to the east where the 
entire colony should be visible. On the windward side of this next point to 
the east there is supposed to be a small colony of Brown Boobies numbering 25 
or so but the cliff on which they roost or nest? is inaccessible. 
The point area does double duty in the summertime, playing hos6 to a 
sizeable Wedge- tailed Shearwater population, numbering over 100 pairs judging 
from the number of burrows to be found, k These extend around to the leeward 
side of the point as well. The burrows are restricted to the more elevated 
