2 . Necker Island 
a. Birds (census 
and breeding status) 
Estimated 
Species 
Island Total Pop! 
Breeding 
V* \ 
Laysan Albatross 
1,650 
(l ,100 nesting adults, 550 chicks) 
Black-: ote Albatross 
J i s 
(200 nesting adults, 100 chicks, 
75 walkers) 
Wedge-; .iled Shearwater 
2,000 
88 pairs seen, no eggs 
Sooty Petrel 
- 
1 found dead; none seen alive 
Blue-faced Booby 
2 > 
(110 neat in..,., adults, 11 walkers, 
1 chick; - 
Brown Booby 
22 
(l 6 nesting adults, 2 chicks, 
6 walkers) 
Bed-footed Booby 
1,000 
most on nests with eggs 
Frifeatebird 
1,700 
850 nests and platforms 
Buddy Turnstones 
0 
Sooty Terns 
50,000 
80 /o with eggs, 20 °/o with 
chicks 
Gray-backed Tern 
•-f • " *v 
( , w JO 
some with eggs 
Hawaiian Noddy 
250 
7 nests for 20 seen 
Common Noddy 
25 
Blue-gray Noddy 
100 
some with eggs 
Fairy Tern 
200 
some with eggs 
. Birds (Banding)- None 
Mammals 
Monk Seal: 7 seen,? no tags observed or attached 
. Reptiles Turtles; 5 seen, no tags observed or attached 
