BLACK LOBBY---Annotated List 
LXHOA 
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Bee. 9-l6\ 1961 
(Kramer) 
Jane 10, 1962 
(Kramer & B) 
Lone mentioned in report 
Common, with eggs and chicks 
March 6-7? 1964 Population estimate- 1,000 + Remarks : Lo nests seen, 
"Amerson, POBSP ) Lo. of nests-•- ? present only on Lorth Cliffs 
.Walker) ' Summary statement : Lo eggs or young seen,b ,ut most likely 
beginning to nest along LMth cliff face... .Hawaiian terns using 
entire north face for nesting, roosting.... 
July 25? 1964 
(Kridler) 
Lotes merely indicate that birds were present -- give no indication 
of numbers or b reeding status 
Sept.23-24,1964 
(Fleet, POBSP) 
(Kridler) 
of their numbers 
Estimated total population 
250 roosting . 
Hawaiian terns ... prefer the steep cliffs of the north, east, and 
west sides and it was very difficult to obtain any reasonable count 
March 13-14,1965 Estimated island total population- 7 00 
(Bahko, POBSP) Breeding* 700 
Banded--: Lone 
(Kridler) 
___ Estimate: 700 to 1,000; however, here again the population estimate 
extremely rough. These birds like the Fairy Tern inhabit the cliffs 
of the west and north sides and we censused them in a fashion similar to our Fairy 
Tern census (By throwing rocks down the cliff" to frighten them out] It is conceivable 
that the estimated population is extremely low inasmuch as the sheer cliffs or the 
north, east.* and west shores are honeycombed with tousands of small holes. 
July 285 - 
August 1, 1966 
pHeiden, POBSP) 
March 8-9?1967 
( Hackman, POBSP) 
deent population 
around the south 
thousands. 
Estimated number- - -6 + 10 fo 
Lo. of nests -- - 
Lo. of young - - 
Banded - none 
Total of 6 birds observed on two consecutive days on lava shelf 
250-400 yards west of camp* No nesting activity observed, 
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(Kept) Population estimate: Several thousand. (Lotes) Lests on 
perpendicular cliffs --couldnt check nesting status or obtain any 
totals in the time available. Several hundred were observed flying 
side* of the island so the total population is probably in the 
