Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus ) 
Notes-Birds - Gardner Pinnacles 
May 22, 1923 
125 pairs nested on the ledges in open colonies. Nests contained 
eggs varying from nearly plain to heavily spotted and equally 
variable in shape. The pyriform shape of most cliff nesting 
birds does not hold in these as their eggs varied from pyriform 
to oval. One or two nearly grown young noted. (Wetmore) 
March 9? 196^ 
Present (POBSP) 
June 16, 1963 
152 chicks banded, population estimated to be ca. h35• Chicks 
were found on the various slopes of the island, many eggs. 
Sibley esti ates population as 5000 + (check with PCS.) 
