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5. Masked Booby - very'few young were noted, but the majority 
of birds were on eggs. 
6. Red-tailed Tropic Bird - nesting in heavy Scaevola , on eggs, 
one egg picked up was being pipped. 
7. Fairy Tern - all stages of development egg, naked, downy 
young to fully feathered juveniles with downy feathers protruding 
through the CDhtourr feathers of the throat region. 
8. Christmas Shearwater - no birds were seen nesting; no pairs, 
noted, probably less than 100 birds on the island. 
9. Hawaiian Noddy Tern - in lone tree, chicks in all stages 
of development. 
10. Common Noddy Tern - none seen on nests, in groups of 25-50 
along beach edge in afternoons. 
Also seen in small numbers were the European Turnstones, Bristle 
thighed Curlews, and several Golden Plover. 
April 29...Heavy rain, wind from the north, started about 0300 
and continued until 1200- lull, then at 1400 the wind shifted 
to west-northwest and very heavy squall until 1530. Probably 
1-1/2 to 2 inches Of rain in Ik hours. Birds were active 
throughout this period, with shearwaters flying and crawling 
into our open tent all night, as long as the lamps were lit. 
Also, when walking about with lamps we were hit on the head 
and body continually by shearwaters, apparently attracted by 
the light. The next night however, when the weather was calm, 
we were not bothered by such harassment. The lagoon rose about 
half way up the flats; i.e., almost to the Morning Glory. Some 
Albatross and a few shearwater nests were inundated. 
LAYSAN FINCH - 
Mostly paired, but no nests were found, although several 
areas were searched extensively when "finches" were noted 
emerging from bunch grasses. Paired males would drive off 
other males when approached. Color differences obvious for 
the majority of birds seen. Two birds were noted eating seeds 
of Tribulus, extracting the seeds from one pod of the six sided 
fruit after considerable effort in detaching one section at a 
time from the fruit. They took the small light green 
leaf clusters sprouting from the runner ends. They ate the 
floweracenters of Morning Glorys and "nibbled" along the 
prostrate runners of Tribulus and Boerhaavia . 
mr-r-- 
