UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 
Thomas Burke Memoriae Washington State Museum 
SEATTLE 5 
Zoology Division 
Dec.8,1965 
Dear Dr. Wirtz: 
Without proper heading so I may have room on this sheet, I am happy to send 
you my estimates of birds on the islands you ask particularly about. Let me 
know if you think there is any confusion on the common names. I shall include 
just estimates of adults. Tell me if you want to know about young, eggs, etc. 
Keeker Island. 
About one half of 
ec. 20,1953 c.10:30ana-12: 30 
island looked over rather quickly 
Black-footed albatross 
200-300 
Laysan albatross 
600-800 
Frigate bird 
400-600 
Red-footed booby 
300-400 
Blue -fa c e d eb oobycl y 
100-150 
31ack-caoped noddy 
400-500 
Brown noddy(common) 
100-150 
White tern 
30 0-400 
Blue-gray noddy 
4-8 
Gray-backed tern 
2 
Sooty tern 
1 
Ruddy turnstone 
26-30 
Nihoa Island Dec. 21 9am- 
Dee.22 10am 1953 Larch 18,1954 4:1 
5 —6:30pm 
Part of S shore 
and slopes as Dec 21 
Laysan albatross 
0—3 
Frigate bird 
700-900 
500-1000 
Red-footed booby 
200-300 
30-40 
Brown booby 
8-10 
Black-capped noddy 
4-8 
Brown noddy 
200-250 
200-300 
Blue-gray noddy 
150-250 
100-150 
White tern 
20-30 
i/u “■* o 0 
Sooty tern 
15-20 
o—b 
Ruddy turnstone 
a few 
1 
Wandering tatler 
1 
Laysan finch 
15-20 
1 
Kihoa miller bird 
2 
Gray-backed tern 
12-14 
ledge-tailed shearwater 40-60 
Lisianski Island 'Arch 26 
1954 ll:30am-3pm 
Island fairly well covered but petrel and shearwater estimates 
would. 
not mean much as they 
are nocturnal and burrowing 
Black-footed albatross 
1000/ 
Laysan albeitross 
5000 r 2000/ young of both 
Bonin Is petrel 
500/ in air 
Wedge-tailed shearwater 
1 u - 1 d 
Frigate bird 
400/ 
Red-footed booby 
40-50 
Blue-faced booby 
400/ 
Brown booby 
£i 
Red-tailed tropic bird 
Sooty tern 
10 /- 
2000/ 
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