* BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS - 
LIS1ANSKE 
Annotated List - 
L sft 1 Feb* 14, f 63 (FCS Report) Estimated population -- 1,000 f s, nesting 
Mar. 11-12, ! 63 Blood samples —-— 8 
Banded, collected —--- none 
(WOW- Feb. 14) - There were many albatross with a visual predominance of 
black-foots nesting on a large open sand beach just before the sE corner. 
About equal numbers with Laysans in grassy area above the south beach. 
A predominance of Black-foots on the northeast corner nesting along the 
edge of the Scaevola and out onto the beach. Most birds nesting along the 
northeast beach were black-foots. 
LSff 3 Mar. 11-12, f 64 (ABA Kept) Estimated population ------ 10,000 
Number of nests ----------- 1500-2000 
Number of young ---------- 1500-2000 
Li4 Aug. 21-23, y 64 (kept) Estimated population --none present 
L5 September 18, *64 (ERF) Estimated population --- none present 
LS# 7 Mar. 12-14, *65 (WOW Rept) Estimated population —-3,000-4,000 
Nests with young —--—— 1,000-1,500 
Berlese samples --——— 10 
m Blood samples-—• — ------- 19 
Banded ------ 
Returned -—----- 
Nests of this species were confined to the beach areas, and there were 1,000 to 
1,500 one fourthe to one third grown nestlings. Adult population was 3,000 to 
4,000 at night. (KBC summ) Almost as abundant overall as the Laysan on this 
island despite the fact that their nests were mostly limited to beach area. 
Perhaps 1500-1800 chicks and about 3000-5000 adults. (DLS summ) They nest 
primarily along the beach and in open sandy cuts connected to the beach. 
I found only 4 or 5 chicks in Eragrostis and away from the beach. There are 
between 1000 and 2000 chicks on the island. We saw less adults than chicks. 
Wirtz picked up a Black-foot that was banded on Kure. 
LB# 9 July 14-17, *65 (RSC Rept) Estimated population -- 200 young 
Blood samples, returns -—-- none 
Banded ------- 2 
Tick incident rate --0/8 
Very few individuals were present but the population was close to one half 
that of Laysan Albatross on Laysan. All birds seen were birds of the year 
and cloely paralleled the Laysans in size and probably age. 
