Lavsan Albatross 
1 starving immature (previously banded) in center of island. 
N° Christmas Shearwaters ; B onin or B ulwer Petrels were seen but entire island was 
che-c- k e- d several times in the evening~"and "while banding. 
ligATe-tailed Sh earwater - Very difficult to estimate numbers bemuse so m s „y were 
under the very dense Solanum and Sxcvos. Of 
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- - —-- - - -- ten burrows examined - 6 were empty or 
had rotten emgs ( 2 , possibly 3?) and 4 had medium downy chicks - same age as on SE. 
I handles 300 birds looking for returns finding 9 A (Nos. - 40, 46, 127, 148, 154, 177 
187, 277, 2°1). bangle handled at least 150 birds and found no bands. All that*I ex 
amined were light phase, sitting outside burrows and picked up as fast as I could 
reach for birds and examine legs. Saw no dark phase birds on island. Burrows w 
also abundant under Eragrostms. Mv maximum estimate would be lOOO-?onn eVHeVe 
\ 7 - 8,000 birds 
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mdant under Eragrost&s . , My jtjiaximum estimate would be 1000-2000 chicks and 
Sooty Tern - None on island; several flew overhead during late afternoon and evenini 
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Gray-backed ^ern - None seen or heard. I 
White Tern - at least two flew over island during late afternoon. 
Black Noddy - 1 nest which looked like this sp. found 1 ft. from around in Eramrosf.i l 
glump. Large numbers r^ostiiuon be?ch and in taller vegetation, especially in PM. 
Relatively few seen inland at night. Est. 750 s°en in flocks of 20-350 along beacj 
during shorebird census. Est. total for-island 1000-1700 birds incl. flying imns.S 
Possibly others came in at night but didn't check beaches amain. 1 . | 
Brown Noddy - Considerable nesting underway. Heaviest nesting arsas were in the 
low Tribulus , Boerhavia and Lepturu s and "mustard" ringing the vegetated center of 
the—inslrs-nd. Smaller numbers in the Eramrostis areas and even a few in the thick I 
Sicvos - Solanu m and sparse vegetation areas. Of 53 nests examine^ on one circuit off 
the island; 36 held eggs; 16 small chicks and 1 a large chick*. On other checks [ 
young almost to flying stage were seen. The area south and just west of the 
heavily vegetated center had' chiefly eggs; other areas chiefly chicks. Of 16 chi 
chicks exa•ijed, 13 were black; 2 intermediate and 2 white. One nest with a pipped 
egg was found and all six egg!*!chosen randomly around he island) were nearly 
ready to hatch. 91 ads. & 9 immatures (all apparently capable of flight) were 
bonded. Of the adults: 7 were on eggs; 5 on small chicks; 1 on a med um-sized 
chick and 1 with a flying imm. Six e-gigs examirHced— (broken) — all-had — embr -f os — nearl y 
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