Notes from Banko f s File - Necker - Birds 
Woodside and 
Kramer, 1961 
Kramer and 
Beardsley, 1963 
Bailey, 1956 : 
1 Gives Captain ship name of bunch •who blew top off Gardner Pinnacle. 
Hiran crew had spent approximatly five days on Keeker. 
They stated that they had de-dudded Keeker Island and that birds 
were killed at that time. 
: Landed, found only four species of plants (lacking Sesuvium ) 
but admit that they might have missed it. There seems to be 
twice as much vegetation present today as was present when 
the Tanager visited the island (by comparison of photographs). 
Birds observed: 
Sooty $ Tern : 
Noddy Tern : 
Blue-gray Noddy : 
Fairy Tern : 
Gray-backed Tern: 
Blue-faced Booby: 
Red-footed Booby: 
Brown Booby : 
Frigate-birds : 
R.T. Tropicbird : 
Bulwer 1 s Petrel : 
Wedge-tail Sh : 
Laysan Albatross: 
Black-footed ALb: 
most abundant bird 
present 
present 
present 
present 
present 
present 
present 
present, nesting 
present, nesti ng 
present, nesting 
present, nesting 
young(abandoned?) were abundant 
a few yopng were seen. 
Notes that George Willet swam ashore on March 19 . ca. 9 p.m. spent 
He noted that: (about two hours on island naked) . 
Laysan Albatross: 
B.F. Albatross : 
Brown Boobie : 
Blue-faced Booby: 
Red-footed Booby: 
Frigatebirds : 
Gray-backed Tern: 
Sooty Tern : 
Brown Noddy : 
Black Noddy : 
White Tern , : 
Blue-gray Noddy : 
R.T. Tropicbird : 
Wedge Tailed Sh : 
Petrels : 
Turnstones : 
common with large downies 
a number , noted with, young 
2 or 3 seen. 
common on top of island, eggs to small young 
common, new nests to small young. 
several small colonies with eggs 
common with eggs incavities in rocks 
very abundant with eggs and small young, nesting 
on hillsides and in cavities in rocks by the thou 
sands. 
fairly common 
fairly common 
aburidant nesting on ledges in roofs of caves and 
on shelves of cliffs. , 
common on cliffs but only one egg found, probably 
not yet generally nesting, 
one seen in cabity in rocks. 
abundant in rocks all over the island, mating and 
nest-building but no eggs found, 
none seen 
a few seen were the only waders, seeen. 
Willet got back to Thetis about noon 
