Blue-faced Booby 
(15-21 Oct*) 2 nesting pairs, both with chicks- 1 large and 1 small* 
A club of about 20^birdszwas present from 15 th through 17th* 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
(15-21 Oct*) Not nesting but a few seen off shore. All were dark phase hswj 
birds. 
Red-tailed Tropicbirds 
(15-21 Oct.) 2 seen offshore pn one occasion. Rot breeding. 
Brown Booby 
(15-21 Oct.) Not nesting but up to 12 birds hanging around 
night. Saw i* from Rowland Island. 
Red-footed Booby 
a few spending 
(15-21 Oct.) 3 birds seen on 15 th, a few additional in flocks off shore. Not 
nesting. 
Great Frigatebird 
(15-21 Oct.) 1 bird seen on 15 Oct. 
Lesser Frigatebird 
(l5-21 Oct.) Up to 5 or 6 present at any one time. Not nesting. 
Golden Plover 
(15-21 Oct.) Common. Count showed 76 , but easily twice as many. Interior 
feeding areas were not well covered in count. 
Ruddy Turnstone 
0 
(15-21 Oct.) Common, count showed l8U, there were probably 225-2^0 on islan 
Wandering Tattler 
(15-21 Oct.) Count showed 27 present, probably closer to iR3. On two occasion^ 
saw some (2) eating skinks. 
Bristle-thighed Gurlew 
(15-21 Oct.) Maximum of two on island. 
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 
(15-21 Oct.) I had a maximum count of 17 Erolia, coll. 1. Probably all Sharp* 
tails 
Pectoral Sandpiper 
(15-21 Oct.) One bird was quite probably of this species, but was not able to| 
collect it. The individual was with k Sharp-tail4 and appeared noticeably diff¬ 
erent - breast streaking clElr, less pronounced white eyeline, etc. 
