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Island (July,, August, and September) 
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to the thousands. The sooty terns were not as abundant but stall hole 
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number. By ray fourth visit (December) very few wedge-tails wer 
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sfc visit Lo dam (January i 960 ) not even the wedge—tail 
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uld be mentioned however, that golden plovers, black-crowned herons, frigats 
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> ruddy turnstones, and wandering tattlers are usually seen on or in clos 
proximity with the island. The frigatebird is not seen on the island I 
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soaring overhead. Red-tailed Tropicbirds and bulwer's petrel have been seen, 
nesting on the island while white-tailed'tropicbirds as well as fairy terns 
hwv'o been sighted occasionally flying overhead, l-ynahs and owls are also cc- 
casionaxxy scon on the island. It is interesting to note 
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relatively recent or. Manana, believed to have come somewhere in the late 1946 ! s 
Groups of about ip-20 golden plovers and wandering tattlers seem to be about 
average when they are sighted while 1-2 herons and 
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acouo average. European raooits, house mice, and lizards are 
on uhe island and being quite common, 
A report in 1945 states that bulwarks petrel had been seen on ilanana• An- 
occurrence was me si gating oi a petrel in 1963 . This was a chid 
mere between a-6 weeks old. decent sightings tend to add to the evideno 
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are present on Manana probably in certain times. It 
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nd were undoubtedly the cause for the extirpation 
original voge uatj.on.. hi thin, the l^su few years great concern i*-s 
over the floral-faunal rels.tionship on Manana^ In 1964 
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