Even bo, a large number of white-toiled Tropicbirds were active there, 
flying and courting in the air. AH birds have the long tail pluses 
and X have the impression from watching these that they trill soon have 
eggs. 
Then returned via Nowlliwili to Kilauea. Gerry Swedherg recommended 
that we look there on the Bishop Estate for Newell'2 Shearwaters. How- 
vrer, since it was raining there I decided to work along the coast to¬ 
wards Kilauea for wedgetails. Checked Mooloa Beach and area finding 
none. Then moved to Kilauea at l800. Swedherg also noted a concentra¬ 
tion of wedgetails on the Princeville Ranch west of Kilauea: Contact 
Hr. Conant for aid and direction at the ranch - . 
Kileuea l800: 
Counted 289 red-footed boobies (less the 2 lower roosts which 
could not be seen) here and estimated 390-125 at 1810. Wedgetails 
are already coming in from the sea. 
At least 25 individuals in the air as of 1815, a number (15*35) 
already on the ground. During handing tonight I followed allthe way 
to base of cliff and wedgetail nests extend all the way to spray 
line. Wedgetail nests are spread, over an area approximately 75*100 
yards wide (from lip of slope to spray line) and close to 300 yards 
long. Burrows are densely packed in many placed and my estimate of 
2000-2500 burrows on this point seems well founded. Fully 60 percent 
of these are inaccessible except by repelling down the edges of the 
cliff. Once tonight I fell p0-40'trying to reach some of these birds 
and to determine how far down they went. With a great effort probably 
2000 birds could be banded here, but it would be dangerous. A total 
