Number of Birds 
60 
50 
30 
20 
10 


20 10 20 31 
January February March April 
31 10 20 23 
Figure 20. Number of Laysan albatrosses remaining in the vicinity of 
their nest sites after loss of newly hatched young. 
Ny 

Index counting stations 
of equal size 










Favorable soaring areas 
( The favorable soaring 
area adjacent to the 
taxiway is not 
significant at the 
present time. ) 
Point of 
observation 

Figure 21. Stations for counting soaring albatrosses on 
Sand Island, Midway, June 1957. 
41 
