Table 
Offshore Observations of the teirds of Gardner Pinnacles 
Date(s) and Period 
of Observation i 
Observerfs) and 
Source of Information: 
Species 
June 
1962 
jD. B. Mar shall (I962 J 
March 9^ 196^ 
( 0200-0830) _ 
A.B.Amerson^ G. I¥is- 
lockj., fPOBSP)^''"'R.L. 
Walker(l 9^^ 
March 25, I966 
(0600-072 0) _ 
E.Kridier, X^96S^a) 
March 15 jl9'o7 
(0830- ) , 
C. D. Hackmmi^'POB^ 
Laysan Albatross (Present) 200 seen 
___ in air, _ 
Black-footed Albatross „„„__ (Present) 50 seen 
_____ on island _ 
"Collared Petrel” Present --- 
¥ ed^e-tailed Shearwater _ „....^...see^^ _ 
Glaucous--winged Gull 3« - ----- ---- 
Red-tailed Tropicbird _ Present -- -- 
Blue-faced Booby Present (Pew) 300-400 on 
island;6 seen in 
____ flock lov oyer water 
Brovn Booby --- ----- 
Red-footed Booby 
One seen 
15 seen flying 7 flew out to the 
above Pinnacles ship and followed 
__ it for 4-5 minutes. 
Several seen flying --- 
above Pinnacles __ 
2 seen flying . - 
above Pinnacles 
Great Frigatebird Present,* several 100 5 seen over island 
seen hovering over 
island 
Grey™backed Tern 
Present ^ 
(Present)SeveralSseen. 
— —_ — — _ 
— _ _ 1 -1 - 
Sooty Tern 
Present 
(Hundreds) 3?000 
150 seen flying 
1000 + swirling 
% 
above Pinnacles 
over island. 
Brown Noddy 
(Present) Several seen 
---- 
Several 100 seen in 
Black Noddy 
------ 
(present) . . : :.; :v ' 
Blue™grey Noddy 
--- - ----- 
Three seen 
White Tern 
Present 
Several 100 
25 seen flying 
5 + seen over 
above Pinnacles island 
'Kg 
M 
1-. Comment on numbers is from Kramer and Beardsley (1962) both of whom accompanied Marshall. 
2, Observations in parentheses are those of POBSP personnel; those without parentheses are those of Walker, 
3. See species accounts for details. 
