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Several grayish-white seabirds, a foot long, give or take a couple of inches.
Small, low-lying tropical islet. Windward coastal ecosystem.
Spotting nesting on the ground. Possibly some sort of tern or booby.
Spotted on Mar 31, 2002
Submitted on Aug 15, 2017
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Two birds of similar general appearance to the wedge-tailed shearwaters, namely sooty shearwaters (Ardenna grisea) and short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris) visit Hawaii, but don't nest here, so I don't think they are likely to be what I spotted.
These birds may be wedge-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus). They nest in burrows, and I don't recall seeing any. Indeed, I saw one chick above ground.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/hawaiian_isla...