Two Blue-streamered Brown Boobies were seen near Baker Island. 
Great Frigate bird (3) 
Lesser Frigatebird (98 & 1 nocturnal) 
Unidentified Frigatebirds (2L3) 
Due to decreased activity near the islands the numbers of frigatebirds 
decreased slightly this month. Only 56 birds were seen last October when 
only a small population of Lesser Frigatebirds was present on Howland Island. 
Golden Plover (35 & 1 nocturnal) 
Ruddy Turnstone (8) 
Bristle-thighed Curlew (2) 
Wandering Tattler (1) 
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Erolia sp. (1) 
The number of shorebirds in the Grid increased greatly this month. 
Last October, 31 Golden Plovers and 9 Ruddy Turnstones were seen. The other 
three species were not recorded. 
Long-tailed Jaeger (1) 
Skua (1) 
Both species have been recorded in small numbers in the Grid previously. 
They can be expected to occur during the spring and fall migration p riods. 
