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Kilauen Point, Kauai 
24 hours a day and can be readily visited any hour ae long as Coast Guard is noti- 
fied. The point is 200 ft. above sea level, levelled at the top to accomodate 
the lighthouse and Coast Guard building. Below directly offshore of the point 
is ffckuaeae Island, separated from the main island by 200 ft. of channel, un- 
protected from trade-winds and swept by a strong current . Sharks are often seen 
between the point and island. The island covers roughly 20 acres and is 
surrounded by coral shelf, reaching a height of 104 ft. It is covered with 
a cap of brown sand and is fringed with low green shrubs which ore met half 
? way up the island by rock. The island can be approached in calm weather on 
the lee side, but there is no landing. Arrangements can be made with a local 
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fisherman for transportation. . .... .. ..... 
The point offers several acres of nesting room for Red-footed Boobies. The 
levelled top of the point falls off gradually for 100 feet before the abrupt 
seacliff s are encountered. On these shoulders grow limited amounts of a low 
bush, the same ©Bugrovs on the top of Moku Manu off Oahu, which provide 
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platforms as well as nest building material for the Boobies ( Chenopodium 
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Back along the peninsula toward the main island scaevola grows to within 50 
feet of the sea, thickly but not over 4 ft. This is utilized more as a 
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roosting area than as nesting area. The colony on the point is recent, there 
having been no mention of it in Richardson, 1957# Breeding of Hawaiian Sea 
Birds. It 1 b limited at present to the windward half of tl* peninsula. 
Boobies are nesting from within a few feet of the top down to ledges within 
50 feet of the water, and they are roosting on rocks and in 2 ironwood trees 
which grow within 20 ft. or so of the water. The adult population of the colony 
appears to be around 4 00 birds at present. This represents a sharp increase 
over the past few- years. The ground utilized for nesting and roosting has 
