Transcet #10, Camp to lagoon 
•paces ' predominant ' Laysan ' Laysan Finch ' downy Albatross 
plant cover ' Teal ' male ' female 1 La.ysan 1 Blk.-ftd. 
Scaevola, Tribulus 
Boerhaavia 
50 paces 
2 
3 
4 
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1 
600 paces bare sand, 
Tribulus, Boerhaavia 
2 
2 
3 
90 
0 
120 paces Gramineae 
and Ipomea 
2 
4 
2 
54 
0 
50 paces Cyperus 
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The reason for the lack of Black-footed Albatross seen on the 
2 transects is primarily due to the location that was censueed. It 
was noticed that the primary nesting ground of the dark species was 
on the northwest and which is bare sand for the most part. That a 
thin line of nesting Black-footed Albatross is sandwiched between 
the Laysan Albatrosses nesting on the beach at the Scaevola edge, 
and the denser Laysan population in toward the lagoon. Generally 
speaking, the dark species is to be found nesting on the sand 
ridge between beach and lagoon, with small numbers scattered randomly 
over the rest of the island, but not among dense Laysan Albatross 
colonies of the southeast edge. 
The following birds were seen with eggs or young in various 
stages of development: 
1. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters - only two downy young of these 
birds were seen, while the majority were just beginning burrow 
cleaning, digging, and nesting activities. 
2. Sooty Terns - in the major tern colonies, these birds were 
in the process of laying and incubating eggs, but many of those 
which were distributed elsewhere on the island under Scaevola had 
already hatched their young, and downy chicks, who would scramble 
out of the nest area on the least disturbance. , 
3. Frigate Bird - naked and downy young were about equally 
in evidence but some adults were still Incubating eggs. Adult;:males 
were noted performing mating rituals in the same colonial groups. 
b. Red-legged Booby - no young were seen; most adults were on 
eggs however. 
