'Kotes taken by David Woodside jDf tho Hav:4iian Department of Fish and Game on a 
survey of Laysan Island in^July from files of Havaiian Fish and 
Game by R.B. Clapp, September 19^7) 
Tentative plan of trip 1^2 day exploring island for ducks noting stage of breeding 
activity, numbers; 1^2 day matching and crating ducks; 1 day to observe seabirds; 
3 days counting by plot densities; 1 l/2 days photographing birds; 1 day and night 
banding albatross. 
Hesitlts of trip - 177 seals counted on 30 June. Sav only 1 nevborn pup and 5 or 6 
black pups. 
Rotes on seals and al-batrosses - Tagged 25 seals on vest beach -- MS 51-59 females; 
60-6^ males; 65-66 females; 67-69 males (all tagged June 26, 19^7) 70-75 females; 
(tagged June 28, 1957); 51-52 (yearlings) 53-5^ (black pups) 55-61 (yearlings) 63-64 
(black pups) 64 vith adult female 65; 66-67 (yearlings) 68 (brovn pup) 69-70 
(yearlings) 71 (2 years) 73-75 (yearlings) ''Majority of those listed as yearlings vere 
probably large pups but a fev vere yearlings I^m sure." Noted a fev seals feeding 
in shallov vater at night. 
Albatross strip count of 6 , 400 yards and 20 yards vide made. 1,534 Laysan Albatross 
young to 80 Black-footed Albatross young - 40, 500 Laysan if there are 700 acres of 
nesting Laysans and 2,100 Black-footed Albatrosses. 200 Laysan young banded 
( 597 - 38401 - 600 ) in strip 25 yards vide vest from ironvood to laggon shore. Using 
this density compute 215,000 Laysan for 700 acres. 200 Black-footed Albatross young 
banded ( 579 - 38601 - 800 ) - from vest shore of lagoon at point vest of tree and north 
around lagoon. Only 9 found on lagoon half , so at point opposite tree on east beach 
cut across and banded.rest on east sea beach in strip 50 yards by 200 yards. 
Plants collected by C.W. Daniel September 1959 j^^ov in the Bishop Museum and 
identified by Real. 39 specimens of 19 species c. 7^24/59 
Revised estimates from Woodside trip 
Black-footed Albatross 
Laysan Albatross 
Christmas Shearvater 
Wedge-tail Shearwater 
Bonin Petrel 
Bulver^s Petrel 
Sooty Petrel 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Red-fooued Booby 
Brovn Booby 
Blue-faced Booby 
Great i"rigatebird 
9, 000 young 
45 ,000 young 
10,000 adults 
40, 000? adults 
- - post-nesting 
3,000 adults 
- post-nesting 
1, 000 adults 
1, 000 adults 
50 adults 
300 adults 
1,500 adults 
Laysan Teal 
Golden Plover 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Wandering Tattler 
Br.thighed Guriev 
Gray-backed Tern 
Sooty Tern 
Roddy Tern 
Havaiian Roddy 
Fairy Tern 
Laysan Finch 
580 adults 
” 20 
150 
20 
50 
4, 000 adult s 
400,000 adults 
10, 000 adults 
1, 000 adults 
500 adulls 
5, 000 adults 
Duck s -- broods of 4 yougg 3 days old and 3 young 3 days old seen. One female seen 
vith four young 2 days old; another adult seen vith 3 young 1 veek old (lagoon edge) 
One pair of teal seen on the vindvard beach near morning glory. Also seen 1 male 
vith 3 young; a pair vith 6 young about 1 veek; a female vith 1 young about 4 days; 
a female vith 2 young about 1 veek; a female vith 1 young about 1 veek; a female vith 
3 young about 1 veek. - One young Bonin Petrel seen on surface during morning. 
- A Blue-faced Booby vith 2 eggs seen.-A Wedge-tail found vith eggs (or several 
of them. 
