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SQOTI TERN 
Annotated List 
HEHOA 
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ELy 28- 
August ■ 1, 196( 
(Eeiden. FOBS?) 
Est imat ed numb er- 
No. of nests 
No. of young 
Banded--- 
500 A 25 
none 
PO'OU ! - ^ s ^ ^ + 
nation non m breeding status® 
Two distinct groups observed 
ntiy vegetated area in late morning., early afternoon© 
No swirls of this species observed© 
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.. - ^.i\epi3} Popula/tion eslrmcioe: 2^ ? 000 on egg3. * . On Mihoa fhe "bincls 
^ , wens on eggs under heavy vegetation. (Motes) Abundant oven entire 
1° Gel-. x.ySoing solj.oaiaj_y or in dense cxusners under heavy vegetation (Chenopodium 
and Sida) Most nests, on bare ground but some were found on slightly inverted piles 
of dead vegetation. We were unable to check the entire island due to lack of time 
and energy and the emphasis on the capture 0-° <0 pairs of Mihoa Pinch. Population: 
•many thousands, probably somewhere around 25,000 but this is pure .guesstimate.....* 
Many eggs on bare ground under Sida and Solanum. Pound a few eggs (5) on a 
slightly depressed pile of dried vegetation — small twigs and pieces of bush. 
L— ao measurements given icr 21 eggs'j Eggs range in coloration from pure white, with 
spots -o i-Lam ben, with Heavy crown spoccing. Several eggs that were inadvertently 
broken were slightly incubated. 
•Sept. 13 -14,1967 
(Kridler) 
oust a few adults and flying young were noted. Mo estimate made 
March 7 - 9» 1968 
(Clapp) 
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estimated population 
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C P of population actively 
•20,000 
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nesting - - 
-20-305 
nesting 
p opulation/eggs- 
c . 
905 
nesting 
0cnulation/haIf- 
0 near-fledging young- - 
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boooy Terns were nesting widely over the island.' Colonies were noted 
on the slopes at the base of Miller Canyon, in areas of dry Sida and other 
vegetation near the top of Miller Valley, on the slopes of East Palm Valley, 
on^Miller rrateau and m otner areas. The great majority of these birds 
yp t -arc eggs out at react several thousand nests with fresh VO' • 
srigntly incubated eggs were present. It seemed clear that most of the 
toOwy Terns on the island were near the laying peak of a new annual cycle. 
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