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| Keywords: McKean BirdColony AKK.jpg Colony of Lesser Frigate Birds Fregata ariel on McKean Island Phoenix Islands Kiribati Original field notes Dominant vegetation is puncture vine Tribulus cistoides an extremely spiny vine which punctures not only bare feet but shoes as well The 3-sided seeds with tough needle-like thorns are adapted to attaching to bird feathers and thus effecting seed dissemination between islands Here we have another wonderful Lesser Frigatebird colony in the 1960's last censuses nos ranged from 30 000-35 000 pairs which makes this the largest colony in the world along with a similar colony on nearby Phoenix Island 16 000-45 000 prs http //www pbif org/WebGallery/Default aspx directory 2204 action View storedaction SearchFiles sortorder Ascending dirsortorder Ascending file 1418 page 38 search McKean not specified Cameron B Kepler see http //www pbif org/images/default html Cameron B Kepler McKean Island Fregata ariel Tribulus cistoides | ||||
