t Baker Island notes from Woodward’s journal® 
16 Sept# 
No trouble landing after lunch# Jeff Tordoff and I set up camp on the 
highest level of sand at the second channel from the lighthouse# We then 
walked to the lagoon# Only one adult Blue-faced Booby was seen# It was 
with a chick# No Common Noddies were present in the lagoon# Except for 
the shorebirds the island is deserted# Ruddy Turnstones, several of them 
still in breeding plumage, are present - perhaps 150 + seen# Wandering 
Tattlers, Golden Plovers, and Bristle-thighed Curlews are common# One 
Sharp-tailed or Pectoral Sandpiper was seen# Off of the east side of the 
island well beyond the reef a flock of 100 + frigates were feeding# Two 
or three Hawaiian Noddies were roosting on ^he beach by camp# 
Tonight three pairs of Blue-faced Boobies were in the middle of the 
island and a club of about 25 birds was present directly across from camp 
on the other side of the island# On the beach near the Blue-face there 
were 5 Brown Boobies roosting# 
The vegetation on the island is fairly lush and green# Sida is 
fully-leaved and flowering# 
17 Sept# 
08U5 - 5 Hawaiian Noddies on top of lighthouse and one beach; 
1 Gommon Noddy on beach 
2 Blue-faced Booby and 1 Red-footed Booby flying around island; 
1 Brown Booby offshore flying South 
1 Blue-faced Booby on the ground 
0915 - 6 Frigates (sp.) offshore - East end of island, 200 1 high; 
10U5 - 1 Common Noddy on telephone pole# 
1115 - Female Lesser Frigatebird over island, no special direction# 
Shorebird count* Ruddy Turnstone 191 blocks - 12, 9* 15* 16, 6, 13, 20, 52, 26# 
Golden Plover - 23, Blocks - 5, 5, 3,; Wandering Tattler - 8 (3); Bristle¬ 
thighed Curlew - 15 (9); Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - 1# 
09U3 - Immature Blue-faced Booby on beach# 
Nest count : Blue-faced Booby - 5 y * 1; 2 e -1; 
Only one Mus was seen during the survey of the island# 
1600 - Male Blue-faced Booby w N - I on ground in club area; 1 ad* flying SE; 
1 Common Noddy, 3 Hawaiian Noddies on beach; 1 Hawaiian Noddy on lighthouse; 
to female Eesser Frigates, h immature frigates (probably Lesser) and two 
frigates circling above the island# 
1655 - two Brown Boobies and 2 Blue-faced Boobies flying in from sea® Flew 
from SW# 
1700-1730 - 8 Blue-faced Booby in club on southeast side of island; 1 Hawaiian 
Noddy on lighthouse; 3 Hawaiian Noddies, 1 Common Noddy on beach; 25 ± 2 frigates 
circling high off SE side andther 20 + 2 frigates and 15 + boobies feeding 
beneath them# Three Blue-faced Boobies flying in from the north# 
