PHR - Humphrey Island 
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Ely alone (boat crew checked fish balls & raided 
C-rations) 
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Brief check of island found following birds: 
Blue-faced Booby - £l adults; h immatures; 10 nests(2 w 2 ggs each; ; w sma|.l downy 
chick; 1 w medium downy chick; 4 w large downy chick; 2 w large dependent young) 
All boobies were on the southern third of island and out on the spit to the 
west.Banded 10 birds: 2 ads; 1 imm; 2 dep. young; 4 l.d. c.; 1 m, d.c. 
Most birds seen were banded** *- ew .'..w/y 
White Tern - 2 sat on small rock near center of island; later flew toward N. Island. 
Red-tailed Tropicbird - 2 flew over island; no indication of nesting; no apoarent nest 
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Golden Plover - 1 on beach. * 
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Ruddy Turnstone - flock of 10 rim beach. 
Bristle-thighed Curlew - 1 flew over island. 
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Monk Seal - M hauled up on beach; 12 large; 4 small (yearlings?); 4 pups (sorre till bLa 
Island Description 1 Island is nearly crescent shaped with the long axis approximately 
North and South (better check c^art) with the ends of the crescent being sand bars 
extending to the west. The Northwest tip seems stable; the SW tip seems to be elong¬ 
ating. Tire A wide area south-west of the island is very shallow with sandy bottom 
and may someday be awash. The island slopes on the east to a height (estimated) of 
about 10 feet above sea level. The west side (between the arms of the crescent is 
quite steep as the water is cutting into it. The rain part of the island slopes 
both east- north and south and much of the island is below 6 feet above water line. 
A FWS sign near the Renter of the island was ased as a marker for taking photos 
and mar King vegetation. Most of the vegetation was within SO yards of the sign. Near 
the sign (see drawing) was a good growth of Tribulus, Lepturus (?); with scattered 
clumps of Boerhavia. North of the sign vegetation was more sparse but consisted of the 
same three plants occurring for the most part in scattered patches. South of the sign 
vegetation^was also sparse consisting chiefly of Lepturus (?) with scattered Boerhavia. 
ponrnefortia plants found in June 1963 were not seen, and I think thev are no longer 
present. 
I paced off the length of the island and estimated its main axis to be 200 
y-irds with each of the two crescent ends an additional 65 Yards. Its width at tne 
center (the widest part) is about 30-40 yards. 
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Although WOW * s map is not available his description generally fits the 
as it was in Aug.1967, The three sand bars which he describes have either become 
connected or have disappe ,-ed ( a look at his map will answer this). The series c 
sand bars west of the island were not seen but the wide* area to the sw is ox very 
shallow water. From his description I would guess that vegetation now covers a 
larger area and is better developed.new. 
