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Southeast Id. 28-30 Aug. 1967 Rog has itinerary for visit 
28 Aug. - a'ter camp was set up wandered around island getting oriented. Among other tj 
things counted shorebirds seen (127 turnstones; 2 tattlers; 40 plover; l8 curlew). Rog 
was making island estimate however, while checking for accidentals. 
Counted seals and was surprised to find that none of us could age seals accurately. 
Saw 13 (9 large; 4 small). Dave worked other half of beach and saw an additional 15 
seals (12 adults). 
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Made nest counts of boobies and frigates and tried to tie various species 'to 
specific habitats. Tried to gett acquainted with vegetation - most of it completely 
new. Chased turnstones in PM (Rog saw prob. two Alaskan turnstones ( 1 painted; 1 with 
green streamer only and collected a Ruff?) £4«>J Asn. r i.r pr*. 
Seal tags read during day:- A96; A 567; 95; 592; A179. 
read than SI yellow tags but look much more durable. 
T n gs are more difficult to 
Summaries of species notes: 
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Great Fri^atebird - Nest count showed- 31 large downy chicks; very little variation in 
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at)-parent ages. All nests were in Solanum within two feet of the ground. All 
were 
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eastern half of the island and most in the southeast and east parts of the island. Birds' 1 
occurred in small groups rather than in 1 large colony. No estimate of pds. recorded 
for island. Roosted on vegetation, oil drums and 1 on #Se^i^#iif###f#tower.remnan^Ssfc. | 
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Party banded#^ birds (2 ad. M; 2 a d F; 2 Subad); 2 returns; 1 recovery. 
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Red-footed Booby - Total of 9 chicks including 1 large downy chick and 8 large depend-} 
ent chicks. Most weee inland from the tank ledge. Nestas were in Solanum . Some immatr 
res were also present during the day &more imms. and adujlts came in at night. Some 
roosted in the colony; others on the oil drums and the tower. 2© „ l 
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Party banded 20 birds (5 ads; 6 subads; 2 imms; 7 nestlings) 12 returns including 
1 (torn Kure; 1 from Laysan and 2 undetermined.- Est, m,x. pop. -- 
Brown Bobby - Total of yi nests counted as follows: 1 egg clutch - X; 2 egg clutch 
4 (inclttding 1 with egg pipping); s.d.c. 3 5 l.dc. - 10; lvfdex> t yng - 12. These latte: 
were birds which had lost the^r down but could not fly. Adults stayed with most of the ; 
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chicks during the day. Numbers increased somewhat at night and more immature birds 
came in also. Birds were nesting in medium dense vegetation, chiefly Setaria , T ribulus 
and Solanum . When pursued birds had difficulty taking flight due to the vegetation. 
The chief colony was just inland from the south beach, east of the oil drums; several j 
nests were scattered elsewhere including one on the western pa~rt of the island. 
Party banded 44 birds (incl. 11 adults (7 M; 4 F); 10 Immatures; and ’2 nestlings or j 
large de-pendent young. Est. adult population - 90 bitds (based on 42 -presumed nests), j 
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Blue-faced Booby - I did not count this species. Immatures were scattered along the be 
beaches and just inland with at least t^b on the western half of the island. Dave bandec 
six birds (2 subadults; 2 immatures; 2 large downy chicks), I don't think anyone saw j 
additional young, Est. total ad, population - 10 (based on </ known nests'. 3 returns }' 
and 
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young, 
-recovery. 
Blac k No dy - Very little nesting. Total of 4 active nests found- 3 in Solanum , all 
- about six inches above ground; 1 in an Eragrostis clump about the same height. Twcj 
nests were in vegetation south of the largest pend in the Sesuv~ : nm area; 1 to the nort’i 
and one in the Eragrostis area west of the Sesuvium . E - c frr nest* contained 1 egg. and 2t 
held small chicks. e *° K 
Large numbers roosted in the Scaevola bushes on both sides of the lagoon. Each 
clump was literally black with noddies which would depart in Mass when disturbed fly 
around and return to that or another clmrap. Several banded birds were seen. Th 
became progressivley more wary and only a few could be captured when we attempted 
t -vu. -nn-n,, - tnno birds mav well be low, __ ... 
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