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Brown Booby (5): All Brown Boobies were recorded from Area n G M . 
Red-footed Booby (2): 
Frigates - Great (1±)> Lesser (10), Unidentified (1UU): No evident change 
of status over past surveys. 
Shorebird Species (1 nocturnal): Thought to be a Ruddy Turnstone. 
Sooty Tern (3502 + 122 nocturnal): With the breeding colony on Howland at 
a stable phase, the grid density has remained virtually the same as the January 
data (6.lit vs. 6.5U). A shift in feeding a reas was very evident, however. 
The high densities in the N., N.W. and W., found in January have almost disappeared 
entirely. Area "A" in January had a density of 1.661. No Sooty Terns were 
recorded in Area "A” or ” B" in the February survey. The extensive feeding 
area to the East of Howland was not noticed in January, but it is evidently 
the most important area at present. The long-range feeding distances noted 
in January have also been reduced. Outside of 30 miles, little feeding was 
noted. This may reflect the fact that many Howland breeders are now feeding 
chicks. 
Gray-backed Tern (2): The two birds seen in a feeding flock with Sooty Terns 
west of Howland are likely from the small breeding colony found on Howland 
by the island survey group. 
Blue-Gray Noddy (2): Birds breeding on the Phoenix Islands are evidently not 
actively nesting at present and birds may be ranging more widely than usual. 
(See at-sea non-grid reoort). 
Fairy Tern (3): 
