King, Warren B., 1963-1964

King, Warren B
1964
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Location 18th day Observer King, Britton Date / May 64 Time 0520 to 1345 Weather partly cloudy wind NE 15-20 knots - on our backs. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 1 Black-footed Albatross 9 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2 dark phase // Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Harcourt's Storm Petrel 14 storm petrel sp. 4 Shearwater/petrel 4 Phalaropid 2 probably Phalaropes, some appear wintering Red-banded Shearwater 1 Shearwater sp. 1 Sooty Shearwater 10 Arctic Tern 1 # of sightings: 36 # of flocks: 0 total birds: 49
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14 Harcoundt Storm Petels + 4 storm petelsg today, all but 2 heading N W or N. All types. 2 probable phalaropes today, both heading N Ws. Upper parts getting just a bit darker than last month's birds. Black-footed Albatross numbers built up one at a time today from 1 at dawn to 9 at dusk. 1 Layzan followed ship for a while at 0854. At 0:50 another, Black-footed Shearwater? passed bow headed NW At 1018 an all dark shearwater passed 150 yds astern. Well seen. It was Nawsels S. sized, not Sooty Shear sized, but it flew like Sooty Shear, without silver wing patches. 10 Sooty Shearmaters today, all headed NW in 15 + 20. At 1058 & 1106 Wedge-taileds seen, but all dark! Like Southern birds. At 1238 an Arctic Tern came within 100 ft but King was blown the draw. Stood on bow most of the day but birds were not cooperative, Collecting seems to be difficult aboard this ship. binoculars, gyros helped keep in touch with bridge well, but birds stayed out of reach.
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Location 19th day Observer King Brattle Date 2 May 64 Time 0610 to 1855 Weather 15 knot wind from E, mostly clear except for rain Smull SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross 1 Black-footed Albatross 8 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 6 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Harbor sp total 10 Tern sp 1 bird sp 2 shearbird 2 1 phalarope, 1 non-phalarope Shearwater 1 storm petrel sp 3 Sooty Shearwater 2 Arctic Tern 1 Newell's Shear. 1 Phalarops/petrels 2 # of fledglings: 29 # of chicks: 0 total birds: 42
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10 Harcourt's Storm Petrels and 3 storm petrels p today. 4 Harcourt's seen at one time flying over & setting in middle of oil slick on water, almost in range. Black-footed Albatross numbers mounted from 4 in the morning to 8 by noon, stayed same until dark. 1 Laycan followed ship for hour or two. At 0718 Bratley noted a phalarope setting on the waters. He saw the patch behind range & whirry streaks & phalarope costume, Donly 2 Sooty Shearwaters today, a far cry from 1337 or same day last month. Both headed N. At 1303 a Red-tailed tropicbird circled ship. It had short red tail feathers. At 1558 another Arctic Tern passed fairly close to ship, just out of range. At 1700 a Newell's Shearwater came within 200 yds of ship. Dave had his first good look at one. 6 Sooty Terns, all headed E, came by in groups of 3, 1 at 1716 - 1727, At 1837 a shorebird was seen in fading light. It was chumier than a phalarope, flew slower. Too far to see anything more. Second fruitless day of trying to collect.
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Location 20th Lm Observer King Bratten Date 3 May 64 Time 0555 to 1905 Weather 20 knots wind from E, several rain squalls. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 3 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 392 ±40 flocks of 175, 140, 45 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel 2 Noddle Shearwater 2 Sooty Shearwater 55 Hawaiian Storm Petrel 6 Storm petrel sp 2 shearbird 1 phalacrocorax Petrel sp 1 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 # of sightings: 79 # of flocks: 3 total birds: 470
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A sunny day. Sooty Terns dominated the day with 392 birds, 3 flocks of 175, 140, 45 + many other singles, 20+38; so me headed E, W + N At 0648 there were 2 Black-footed Albatross; 3 at 0711, one was banded at 0840-First # 757-60903 then the Albatross had gone but I appeared at 1854 at dusk. 2 Newell's Shearwaters today, E + SW. 55 Sooty Shears travelling NW to NE all day, rising again afternoon. Only 1 wedgetail, a light phase headed E 7 Harcourt Storm petels + 2 storm petel sp, most headed East W. At 1053+ 1152 White-tailed Tropicbirds were seen. Only 2 others for the cruise. At 1148 Bentley saw another Phalarope, headed N. At 1216 Bentley saw a Frigate, the 2nd of the cruise. At 1600 in the flood of 140 Sooty Terns, a Dark-rumped Petrel was seen. flocks; 0645 5 Sooty Tern travelling 0714 4 Sooty Tern travelling 1 shearwater/petrel 1530 175-200 Sooty Tern feeding 1 petrel sp 1600 140-150 Sooty Tern feeding 1 Dark-rumped Petrel 1744 45±5 Sooty Tern feeding
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Location 21st Observer King Bratted Date 4 May 64 Time 0600 to 1140 Weather 20 miles from NC, fair + sunny SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 2/ Wedge-tailed Shearwater 137 +10 flocks of 60, 1 dark place Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby 4 Red-footed Booby 27 flocks of 11 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 332 ±15 flocks of 40, 75, 43 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 109 ±10 flocks of 70 w/ 40 sooties + 60 wedgies Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Phalarope 1 Newell's Shearwater 1 Rock Dove 1 Sooty Shearwater 5 Bonin Pigeon 1 # of fledglings: X # of flocks: # 5 total birds: 624
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332 Sooty Terns, only 148 in flocks, the rest in loose groups or strung out or individuals. As we approached Oahu the came NE to N, then NW, then W, although a small percentage were returning back to Oahu at the same time. The birds flying against the wind were flying lower on the average than those flying with the wind. Flocks of 75±5, 43 and 40±10. 1 Phalarope headed N at 0606 137 Wedgetails, 60 in feeding flocks, 1 dark phase, mostly heading away from Oahu. 109 Noddy Terns including flocks of 70±10, most individuals, heading away from island. 27 Red-footed Boobies, including feeding flock of 11, all going away from Oahu, all adult, all singles. 4 Brown Boobies, all singles, headed vaguely away from island. 3 Boobies, 1 W, 1 NE at 0937, still 10 miles from land a Red Dove circled around ship. New pelagic record. at 1068 watch saw a Pomarine Jaeger. Black-footed Albatross appeared about 0900, and a second one at 1056, and more were seen following a new ship which passed 1 mile to port. A Newell's Shearwater was seen headed NW at 0914. No attempt was made to count sightings since birds came too fast to be traced. It was impossible to say what constituted a flock or what was just a loose string of individuals. 5 Sooty Shearwaters were seen close to Oahu, 2 within 3 miles of land. flocks: 0610 75±5 Sooty Tern 0643 43 Sooty Tern travelling 1 Wedgetail 0811 3 Noddy Tern 0920 40-50 Sooty Tern heading 4 Noddy Tern feeding 70-80 Noddy Tern 1 Wedgetail feeding 60-70 Wedgetail 0944 11 Red-footed Booby travelling 1 Brown Booby
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Location 1st day TC-4 Observer King & Bradley Date 17 May 64 Time 0830 to 1902 Weather Calm, little swell around islands until 2 PM then regular ocean swell wind E 22 knots. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 229 flocks of 50, 40, 15, 30, 50, Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 81 flocks of 9, 9, 8, 5, 4, 4 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 12 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 5 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 253 flocks of 80, 80, 30, 25, 20 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 13 Hawaiian Noddy 5 Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Sooty Shearwater 5 Shearwater/Petrel 4 Newell's Shearwater 9 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 Sterna? 1 # of sightings: 105 # of flocks: 9 8 total birds: 619
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5 Harrison Noddis all seen near Mani Coast, either going to or coming from cliffs where they probably nest. 12 White-tailed Tropicbirds seen near coast of Mani where they roost on cliffs, 7 at one cliff. All 229 Wedgetails light phase but one dark. 6 Sooty Terns, most going NW, one with direction confused by ship. 81! Bulwer's Petrels: flocks of feeding 9, 9, 8, 1225 feeding 9 Newell's Shearwaters, 3 in a flock with albatross. 1325 flock, feeding observed until 1515. Flock changed size & moved around randomly. Comm/Noddy 2 At 1325: Sooty Tern 60-100 Wedge-tail 50-60 Red-footed Booby 1 min At 1515: Sooty Tern 50 Wedgetail 50 Red-footed B. 2 adult Bulwer's P. ④ Newell's S. ③ Noddy ⑩ High Boloy count Ⓢ, 4 adult, 1 imm. Flocks fragmented & collected several times. Sooty Terns were first on fresh, then Wedgetails then Bulwer's last were Noddies 1614 40 Wedgetails feeding 80 Sooty Terns 1638 15 Wedgetails feeding 30 Sooty Terns 1820 4 Bulwers feeding 30 Wedgetail 25 Sooty Tern 1825 20 Sooty Tern feeding 50 Wedgetail At 1802 an all-dark, large, chunky bird flew within 150 yards of ship headed N. Pointed wings & constant flapping wingbeat with short glides. Tough to ID but largest & heaviest- probably Shear. The first really satisfying one. 1225 9 Bulwers feeding? 1236 9 Bulwers feeding 1 Wedgetail 1249 4 Bulwers feeding
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Location 2nd day Observer King, Mallett Date 18 May 64 Time 0545 to 1905 Weather fair & mild - wind E at 15-20 s. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + 1000 Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 123 flock of 50,50,5 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird / Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 158 +15,1 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel 6 petrel sp. / Sooty Shearwater 9 Tropicbird sp. / Newell's Shearwater 2 Shearwater sp. 16 Hawaiian Storm Petrel / # stings '1/ # : : 'Ts rds' - 2
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Flocks 0720 75 Sooty Terns feeding 50 Wedgetails 0745 40 Sooty Terns 50 Wedgetails feeding 1 Tropicbird! 0858 5 Wedgetail scattered 1126 15 Sooty Terns scattered 1350 15 Shearwaters scattered seen by watch. 1550 15 Sooty Terns imm. scattered 25-100ft 3 Wedgetails Tropicbird sp above flock at 0745 White - tailed Tropicbird at 0827 had short retrices but adult plumage All Wedgetails light phase. One Sooty Tern, at least, in 1550 flock was immature. All Sooty Shearwaters heading NW
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Location 3rd day Observer King, Bratley Date 19 May 64 Time 0610 to 1910 Weather Wind 15-18 knots from E SPECIES Abundance Breeding Marks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 58 / 15, 10 9 da Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 10 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 8 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 6 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern / 50,100, Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Nodd Fairy Tern 4 Sooty Shearwater 23 Harvesti Storm Petrel 5 Shearwater/petrel 45 / 35 Booby sp 3 Newtells Shearwater 14 petrel sp. 5 / bading/underwings bad for edgy shearwater sp 10 ed of 10, Dark-rumped Petrel 1 White-veiled Petrel 2 Pomarine Jaegers 1 # total 78 # fledg 9 total 410
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birds: 0620 1 Sooty Tern traveling 4 Wedgetails 1 Bonin Island 0748 1 Sooty Tern traveling 10 Shearwater sp. 3 Booby sp. 0934 4 petrel sp. traveling 1 Wedgetail 1250 1 Sooty Tern 35 Shearwaters petrel feeding 1 Bulwer's P. 1450 5 Sooty Terns traveling 2 adult, 3 immatures 1500 80-100 Sooty Tern 15-20 Wedgetail 2dusk 4 Sooty Shearwaters feeding 1 Bulwer's P. 1 Blue-faced Booby 1513 1 Dark-rumped P 5 Wedgetails 2 black 3 light sitting on water 1608 - 100 Sooty Tern 2 Wedgetail feeding 1 Fairy Tern 1800 25-30 Sooty Tern 10-15 Wedgetail flying 3 Fairy Tern, Kelly At 0730 a Red-Tailed Tropicalbird, an adult, was found on board ship. At 0959 a medium-aged petrel was seen at close range. It had brown upperparts, much white about the head, mottled brown underwing coverts with white splashes - white undertail. Palmers Herald Petrel. At 1728 a Pomarine Jaeger flew by ship headed N.
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Location 4th day Observer King, Bratton Date 20 May 67 Time 0605 to 1855 Weather at times overcast heavily, sunny; Wind 18 knots from NE. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 235 125 dusk, 20 light, 90 undetermined Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 9 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 8 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 3 all immature Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 2 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 280 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater / Petrel 7 Dark-rumped Petrel 3 Newell's Shearwater 9 shearwater sp. 2 bird sp. 2 White-cheeked Petrel 8 Hawaiian Storm Petrel 7 # of sightings: 78 Tropicbird sp. 3 # of floats: 7 Storm Petrel sp. 2 total birds: 589 Jaeger? 1 Petrel sp. 2 including 1 possible crimson-winged
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Flords: 6700 50 Sooty Tern 75 Wedgetail Feeding 1 Dark-munged P 1 B.F. Booby, 1 Frigatebird 6.822 5 Wedgetail. 3 hours 2 legs 1058 10 Sooty Tern Feeding 1000 75-100 Sooty Tern 1255 100-125 Sooty Tern Feeding 40-50 Wedgetail Feeding 50-60 Wedgetail 1 Tropicbird ! 1. Tropicbird ! 1525 25 Sooty Tern feeding - then passed ship 25 Wedgetail headed SE. 1 Petrel-Dro wn 1 Frigate bird 2 Noddy 1636 20 Sooty Tern 5 Wedgetail not feeding Tropicbirds with 2 flords today. First 2 Frigates around Many shearwaters + petrels seemed to follow ship for awhile White-necked Petrels mostly all in stages of molt. One Jaeger ? at 1415 In 1636 flord several of the Sooty Terns were in immature plumage, some showing beginnings of adult plumage. At 1730 petrel, all from upperparts, underparts white- uniformly dark, splashed with white in center, medium sized dainty petrel-15in. probably arminformis,
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Location 5th day Observer King/Bretley Date 21 May 64 Time 0610 to 1910 Weather white from NE at 228 to clear skies - hazy Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2 flight undetermined Christmas I. Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 12 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 1 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel 3 Petrel sp 1 Newell's Se. 1 Storm sp 1 storm petrel sp 1 White-nosed Petrel 1 Hawaiian storm Petrel 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 Tern sp 1 Dun's winged Petrel 1 # of sightings: 25 # of flocks: 0 Total birds: 29
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At 0625 Bradley saw a large Petrel, size of Duck-sized or slightly smaller dark upper breast white underwing lumps bordered by narrow black edging. Not even a suggestion. All 12 Bonin To Petrel but I headed West (headed N) At 0833 the ship flushed a Sooty Shearwater from the water. It headed NW. At 1412 a large turtle was spotted by watch. At 1845 a medium sized all dark shearwater flew close by ship, Typical shearwater flight but a little smaller than Wedgetail. Called Christmas Is S.
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Location 6th day Observer King, Bentley Date 22 March 67 Time 0545 to 1355 Weather mostly fair - Winds NE 10 knots. Scattered rain spells SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 10 1 duck Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 6 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 12 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern storm petrel 1 -> +12 Puffin-footed Shear ?? 1 Noddy Shearwater 1 Shearwater Petrel 2 # of small birds: 68 # of Pelicans: 3 total birds: 35
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floors: 1037 5 Wedgetails scattered Pink-footed?? too far away to tell 1115 7 Sooty Terns scattered 1446 5 Sooty Terns feeding 2 Shearwater/Petrel at 0815 Red-tailed Tropicbird Reddish adult but indeed red notices at 1037 Pink-footed Shearwater may have been with Wedgetails - thought I saw dark underwings + large size, but not certain At 1131 a dark shearwater - called Wedgetail shearwater
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Location 7th day Observer King B ratley Date 23 May 64 Time 0600 to 1900 Weather heavy winds 25-35 knots rain squalls - swell to 20 ft. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 61 1 dark Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 18 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Harracort's Storm Petrel 4 Shearwater / petrel 2 Storm petrel / Bulwer's 1 Sooty Shearwater 2 Tropicbird sp 1 Pomarine Jaegers 1 Narrow-billed Skua 1 # of sightings: 31 Diff species: 2 total birds: 93
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Floreo 0821 5 Sorty Term - travelling 1344 40 Wedgetail travelling 2 Sort Term One dark wedgetail in 1344 flore at 1651 Wedgetail + Pomerine Jaegers, flying together. Wedgetail attacked Jaegers which fanned out tail & dived for water. Two then separated.
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Watch reported Black-footed Albatross at sunrise. This accounts for minute, in person by the lake 2 Black feet came from a SW headed tug & barge. 1812 Dark-rumped Petrel had very fresh looking plumage 1816 Wedgetail was dead phase. but another bird.
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Location 9th dam Observer King Bratley Date 25 Mar 64 Time 0610 to 1845 Weather 15-18st wind from E, fair weather SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 1 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Hawaiian Stilt? 3 Mewell's Shearwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 # of sightings: 7 # of birds: 0 total birds: 7 (8)
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What is there to say? 0515 Red tailed Tropebird seen by water, before sunrise 1148 White taled Tropebird was adult
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Location 10th day Observer K. B. Rattley Date 26/May/64 Time 0600 to 1845 Weather fair, 15 knot wind from E SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 3 days Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 7 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel 2 Harcourt's S.P. 3 Dark-chumped Petrel / # of species: 15 (16) # of nests: 0 Total birds: 18 (19)
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Half of Wedgetails dark planes (386) meat 1830 was more intermediate than dark.
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Location 11th day Observer King, Bruttay Date 27/Mar/64 Time 0500 to 1845 Weather Wind 18 knots NE hazy + fairly heavy clouds SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 414 0 dark phase Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 7 general molting Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 11 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 706 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 Shearwater/petrel 11 Tropicbird sp. 2 gtuel sp 5 Red-rumped Petrel 24 all molting White-headed Petrel 7 all molting Harems? storm petrel 2 Sooty Shearwater 1 Storm Petrel sp 1 # of observations: 80 # of species: 11 total birds: 1192
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flocks: 0549 12 wedgetails feeding 0746 5 Sooty Terns feeding 5 Wedgetails 1100 200±25 Sooty Terns feeding 100±25 Wedgetails 1115 140±25 Sooty Tern 80±15 Wedgetails feeding 3 Dark-rumped Petrels 1 Bulwer's Petrel 1120 70±10 Sooty Tern feeding / 1140 50±25 Sooty Tern 40±10 Wedgetail 30±10 Wedgetail feeding 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 1245 100±25 Sooty Tern feeding 1335 3 Dark-rumped Petrel trail- 50±25 Wedgetail 1 White-necked Petrel long 1 Petrel e.g. 1337 4 Wedgetail travelling / 1345 125±25 Sooty Tern feeding 1 petrel e.g. 50±25 Wedgetail 1418 10 Sooty Tern feeding 10 Wedgetail At 0901 a petrel e.g was seen - medium to large- all dark- grey or black not brown - white fleshed under wings - molting seen first sitting in water close to ships At 1227 of 2 Sooty Terns one was immature At 1335 sitting in water, with Dark-rumped & White-necks was all dark medium sized chewing petrel At 1337 sitting with 4 Wedgetails was all dark medium sized petrel All of the Dark-rumps (24) seen today and all White-necks (7) were undergoing heavy molt. at 0930 White-necked was unusual by short span but flew off several times, always only 200 yds or so, then sat down on water, fed 10 times, but no scores. fed also at 2 sitting at 0935 Most of Bonin Island Petrels were undergoing heavy molt. watched from bow all day with gun.
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Location 12 th day Observer King, Bratley Date 28 May 64 Time 0530 to 1820 Weather Wind 15-20 knots from SE hazy, glare & partly cloudy SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 97 1 Aght phase Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 9 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 116 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater / petrel 19 Dark-rumped Petrel 37 White-headed Petrel 4 Heron's Storm Petrel 9 Petrel sp. 2 Nouvel's Shearwater 3 # of sightings: 65 # of species: 5 total birds: 300
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flocks: 1000 20 Wedgetails 1040 5 Wedgetail traveling traveling + Dark-rumped Petrel 1105 30±5 Wedgetail traveling 12±2 Dark-rumped Petrel 5 Sooty Tern 1 Newell's Shearwater 2 shear/petrel 1416 35 ± 2 Sooty Tern traveling 10±2 Wedgetail? 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 1456 75±15 Sooty tern feeding 20±5 Wedgetail 1 White-mocked Petrel 4 shearwater/petrel All Wedgetails in tone were dark phase today. All Dark-rumped Petrels, White-mocked Petrels and Bon Island Petrels were molting, At 1416 at least 1 of 35 Sooty Terns was immature Several birds were shot at and seemed to be slightly affected by shot but none slowed or dropped. Had to suspend collecting after 1200 due to heavy seas.
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Location 13th day Observer King, Bratton Date 29 May 64 Time 0515 to 1830 Weather Wind, & birds from NE, hazy, partly cloudy SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 126 5-15 light phase Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 9 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 7 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 321 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 56 Newell's Shearwater 4 White masked Petrel 12 Hawaiian Storm Petrel 1 Petrel sp. 6 Shearwater, petrel 99 # of sightings: 72 # of flocks: 13 total birds: 643
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flocks: 0525 50 Wedgetails sitting on water 0630 40-50 Sooty Tern feeding 15-20 Wedgetail 0800 3 Wedgetail travelling 6 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 White-necked Petrel 1 Harcourt's Storm Petrel 0852 11 Wedgetail sitting on water 1103 10 Dark-rumped Petrel feeding 2 Wedgetail 1306 200±50 Sooty Tern feeding 70±20 above water/petrel 1+ Newell's Shearwater 1+ Buller's Petrel 1+ Wedgetail 2+ Dark-rumped Petrel 0526 5 Wedgetail travelling 0730 6 Wedgetail group scattered travelling 0819 3 Dark-rumped Petrel travelling 1 Wedgetail 1 above water/petrel 0907 3 Dark-rumped Petrel travelling 1 White-necked Petrel 1 Bonin Island Petrel 1248 25 Sooty Tern travelling 10 Wedgetail some out 12 Dark-rumped Petrel in water 2 White-necked Petrel 1 Newell's Shearwater 1732 50±25 Sooty Tern feeding 25±15 above water/petrel flying running Many birds seen sitting on water today. Most travelling flocks and most petrels headed West!! Light Wedgetails seen today, 2 mixed flocks 0525, 0526 + rest after 1520. At 1320 one of two Sooty Terns was immature, All Dark-rumped, White-necked & Bonin Island Petrels molting.
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Location 14th day Observer King, Bratton Date 30 May 64 Time 0520 to 1845 Weather Wind 15-20 from NE partly cloudy SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 +1000 Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 / cloud Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 10 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/Petrel 10 Pied-rumped Petrel 2 Hawaiian Storm Petrel 1 S Eira 1 # of sightings: 23 # of Birds: 0 total Birds: 31
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All Bonin Is Petrels + Dark-rumped Petrels molting 1 of 6 Wedgetails dark. at 1705 Bratley saw a Skua "very large, near Robin size, all dark except white at base of primaries on underwing. Very heavy and clumsy, short black fan-shaped tail, darker than rest of body. Short wings. Flew with slow stroke unlike any seabird I've seen yet. Sitting on water ahead of ship. Heeded SW."
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Location 15th day Observer King, Bratton Date 3/May/64 Time 0550 to 1835 Weather 15 knots from N/S - fair weather SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 9 all night Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel / Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel / Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird / White-tailed Tropicbird / Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern / Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Petrel sp. / Pterodroma petrels / Hawaiian Storm Petrel 6 # of sightings : 17 # of hours : 1 Total birds : 22
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All wedgetails light phase Wedgetail came aboard 0330, caught by watch. Released 0830. Brown Is Petrel molting At 1045 5 Harems Storm Petrels were seen sitting on water in group. - Scattered when flashed Red tailed Trogidrid at 1656 was very pure adult.
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Location 16th day Observer King Bretton Date 1 June 64 Time 0515 to 1845 Weather fair and calm - Skies few clouds SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross / Wedge-tailed Shearwater / right phase Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern ? / Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater Petrel / Nes. rumped Petrel / Tropicbird sp / Hawaiian Storm Petrel / # Albatross: 9 # Petrels: 0 Total Birds: 9
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Second wet day very calm today Dark murrelet Pelag at 0805 not molting. Black-footed Albatross at 1800 laboring in calm.
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Location 17th day Observer King, Beatley Date 2 June 64 Time 0445 to Weather Wind South! at 15 knots - fair weather - fair clouds SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 2 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 all light planes Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 7 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew. Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern tropical sp 1 Shearwater/petrel 1 Hawaiian Storm Petrel 5 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 not molting # of sightings 18 # of Planes 0 Total Birds 25
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Black-footed Albatross following ship at 0445, not same one as last night. New Black foot appeared at 1816 All 6 wedge tails light phase 4 Ancient Storm Petrels seen after night, setting and flying over oil slick. 1318 Brown's Petrel sitting inside glass ball. 1816 Dark murrel Petrel not molting
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Location 18th day Observer King, Britten Date. 3 June Time 05:35 to 19:10 Weather Wind NW 12-20 - fair weather. Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 3 -> +13 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 82 2 dead place Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel ? 1 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 6 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 4 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 3 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 197 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel 50 Hawkins Storm Petrel 3 Newell's Shearwater 4 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 not molting Troglodyte sp. 3 storm petrel sp. 3 # of sightings: 65 # of birds: 9 total miles: 352
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floors: 0835 4 Sooty Tern travelling 2 shear/petrel 1214 8 Sooty Tern Travelling 1431 50-60 Widge tail feeding 8-12 Sooty Tern 1645 80±20 Sooty Tern feeding 40±20 shearwater/petrel 1750 Sooty Tern 30±5 feeding Wedgetail 20±5 2 Dark phase Wedgetails today At 1030 one of 2 Sooty Terns, immature 1214 2 of 8 Sooty Terns immature 1535 1 of 2 " " 1705 2 of 8 " " At 1535 2 Sooty Terns seen soaring, deep red dawn, passed ship going into wind, crossed low & rose to 100ft again 1458 Red-tailed Tropicbird adult with long retrices 2 White-tailed Tropicbirds sitting on water one tropic bird seen soaring at 300ft, 100ft above a Frigate. At 1109 Dark-rumped Petrel not molting 2 of 3 Frigates adult or 1506 found at B whalers P, grazed frid Sator bows from 0900 to dusk.
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Location 19th day Observer King, Bradley Date 4 June 67 Time 0520 to 1915 Weather calm and fine - cloud cover at times Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 $1000 + Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 7 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 18 2 bars Christmas I. Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel ? 1 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 18 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 13 White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 1 minute Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 55 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's Shearwater 8 Dark-rumped Petrel ? 1 Hawaiian Storm petrel 7 tropicbird sp. 1 Christmas Shearwater 1 Shearwater/petrel 2 bird sp. 1 # of sightings: 78 # of birds: 1 total birds: 136
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Location 20th dam Observer King, Rratley Date 15 June 64 Time 0555 to 1230 Weather wind NE 10kts fair, partly cloudy SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross 3* Wedge-tailed Shearwater 151 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 1 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 11 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby 2 Red-footed Booby 102 Great Frigatebird 6 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 793 Gray-backed Tern 1 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 291 Hawaiian Noddy 2 Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Newell's Shearwater 9 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 tropicbird sp 1 # of sightings : 72 # of fledges : 13 total birds: 13737
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flocks: 0625 75±15 Sooty Tern feeding 35±15 Wedgetail 1 Newell's S. 6 Red-footed B. 0639 50±10 Sooty Tern reading 10 Wedgetail 4 Red-footed B. 2 Newells. S. 0650 75 Sooty Tern feeding *30 Noddy Tern 10 Red-footed B 10 Wedgetail 0651 $00 Sooty Tern feeding 25 Nodd Tern 15 Wedgetail 10 Red-footed B. 2 Frigate 0701 50 Sooty Tern feeding 25 Noddy Tern 11 Red-footed B. 5 Wedgetail 0705 50 Sooty Tern 25 Nodd. Tern feeding 5 Red-footed B. 2 Newells 8 Wedgetail 0710 40 Sooty Tern feeding 20 Noddy Tern 6 Red-footed B 4 Wedgetail 1 Fairy Tern 0720 25 Sooty Tern feeding 10 Noddy Tern 5 Wedgetail 0725 125 Sooty Tern feeding 50 Noddy Tern 10 Red-footed B 15 Wedgetail 2 Frigate 0732 50 Sooty Tern reading 15 Noddy Tern 5 Wedgetail 5 Red-footed B. 0740 20 Sooty Tern feeding 5 Noddy Tern 1 Red-footed B, 2 Wedgetail 0807 20 Sooty Tern reading & Common Noddy 20 Wedgetail 1 Bulwer's P. 1 Red-footed Boob 1046 29 Sooty Tern travelling Only 1 or 2 Redfoots immature or sub-adult, all rest adult At 0728 Red rumped Petrel not molting. 0935 Grey backs headed straight for Wdn. Mann Most all birds headed from a toward offshore island area.
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Location 1st day TC-5 Observer King Husted Date 15 June 64 Time / 500 to 1926 Weather rough & windy - fair & heavy cloud cover SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross | Wedge-tailed Shearwater 45 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel ) Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird | White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby | Red-footed Booby 6 | ant adult, 5 adult Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 59 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 23 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's Shearwater / # breeding : 60 # All birds: 6 Total Birds: 137
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Birds: 1532 9 Sooty Toms travelling 2 Noddy Toms " 1 Wedgetail 1624 5 Sooty Toms travelling 1759 6 Noddy Toms travelling 1822 8 Noddy Toms travelling 1910 7 Wedgetails travelling 1502 adult Brown Booby sitting on buoy at entrance to pearl harbor 1749 Red - billed Tropicbird - pink tinged, no central nitrices - flushed from water 1 adult Red - footed Booby - nest adjacent 1515 Black footed Albatross did not follow ship
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Location 2nd day Observer King Hustad Date 16 June 64 Time 0605 to 1910 Weather rough - wind E at 25knots, several rain squalls Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 135 2 dark please Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel // Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel // Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 160 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 9 Noddy Shear. 4 +1? Dark-winged Petrel 4 shearwater petrel 1 storm petrel ? 1 # of sightings: 57 # of birds: 5 total birds: 338
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flods: 0842 8 Wedgetails 0920 30 Sooty Tern flashed from water Reading 1028 75 Sooty Tern feeding 50 Wedgetail 1107 50 Sooty Tern 5 Fairy Tern travelling 5 Wedgetail 1 Noddy's. 2 Fairy Tern 1828 1 Wedgetail travelling 3 Brown F.s.P. rain squall 1 Bulwer P. At least 2 immatures in Sooty Terns of flock at 1028 2 dark phase Wedgetails, both sitting on water with groups of 8+2 An all dark shearwater/petrel, smaller than Wedgetail was seen by watch 3 Dark murrelet Petrels identified by whistle, 1 later sitting on water not seen whether molting 5 of 11 Bonin P.s molting.
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Location 3rd day Observer King, Hustad Date / 7 June 64 Time 0605 to 1900 Weather fair, wind 20-25 kts from E SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 23 15 dark phase Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 25 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 3 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 31 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 shearwater/petrel 14 petrel sp. 3 White-nosed Petrel 5 Tropicbird sp. 2 # of shearwaters: 48 # of Noddies: 4 total birds: 122
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flocks: 0826 6 Bonin P. travelling 2 Dark-rumped P. feeding 1.706 9±2 albatross/petrel feeding 1.712 3 Sooty Terns feeding 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 5 ± Wedgetailed 3 Dark-rumped with fresh plumage 3 " " molting 6 " " not determined 3 Boninos in new plumage, next molting or undetermined all White-necked to molting or undetermined molting White-necked & Boninos flushed from water. 15 of 23 Wedgetails dark - southern population (14-15°N) Fairy Tern + Red-tailed Tropicbird flying together,
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Location 4 H Ie Observer King, Hosted Date 18 June 64 Time 0500 to 1830 Weather Wind, 5 of 15 knots, several rain squalls SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 32 all dark Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel /0 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 n/on - breeding White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 1 immature Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 12 petrel sp 5 including 1 Herald's P.? shearwater petrel 4 Newell's Shear. 2 # of sightings: 45 # of classes: 3 total birds: 71
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Floors: 0620 6 Wedgetails sitting on water 0715 5 Wedgetails travelling At 0500 dark phase Wedgetail landed on water. Collected Field # 0565 - heavy molting. 2 other Wedgetails observed with missing flight feathers At least 2 Darters + 2 Boobies observed moting. All Wedgetails dark phase. At 1527 2 Newell's seen flying very close together. At 1802 a Petrel sp came within 25 yds of ship, All dark brown with underside showing white splashes along centerline. Typical petrel flight. Bill visible at close range - small + dink - medium - large & chunky called it Harold's Petrel ?
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Location 5th dem Observer King, Hunted Date 19 June 64 Time 0610 to 1850 Weather heavy clouds, several squalls, wind 20 knots from E Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 165 8 light, nest dark Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 9 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 186 1 + immatures Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Petrel sp. 1 Brownwater Petrel 3 Dark-rumped Petrel # 12 Alewella Shearwater 1 Sena 1 White-veed Petrel 1 # of locations: 66 # of pairs: 5 total birds: 382
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flocks: 1220 5 Wedgetails 1330 25±5 Sooty Tern travelling feeding 25±5 Wedgetail 1347 35±5 Wedgetails 1725 150±20 Sooty Tern feeding 2±1 Sooty Tern feeding 50±5 Wedgetail 1732 6 Sooty Tern travelling Wedgetail movement rather directional today, first to East, then NW, then N. Flocks observed in direction of last two. Molting tran-molting Bain Is P's seen " " " Dark-rumped P seen White-necked Petrel molting Several dark wedgetails showed evidence of molt A Dark-rumped P was seen in middle of heavy rain squall. At 1635 a S.Dna was observed at less than 10yds. Very large, clumsy all brown bird, pointed wings, constant short flapping, white shafts to primaries, upper + under- tail dark, slightly fan-shaped, not too long. No limit. 1 miniature Sooty Tern seen in flock of 6 today.
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Location 6th day Observer King, Hensel Date 20 June 64 Time 0545 to 1855 Weather increasingly cloudy wind 18 knots from E SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + 1000 Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 11 4 days Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 3 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/Petrel 6 White-necked Petrel 6 Dark-rumped Petrel 5 Petrel sp. 3 Howell's Shearwater 1 # of great terns: 29 # of noddies: 0 Total birds: 37
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Light & dark wedgetails half & half today. All of White necked Petrels and all of Dark-rumped mates were molting Bonins all molting . 2 Wedgetails flying more directonal than usual & scaling quite high - above horizon considerably.
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Location 7th Leg Observer King Husted Weather 15 NW from E, partly cloudy Date 21 June 64 Time 0545 to 1905 Species Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 44 1 dead Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 2 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 131 1 immature Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 3 Petrel sp. 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 2 Shearwater 0 # of sightings: 23 # of Birds: 4 total birds: 187
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flocks: 1227 15±4 Sooty Terns feeding 1 Fairy Tern 1032 3 Wedgetail travelling 3 Sooty Tern 1 Fairy Tern 1745 60±15 Sooty Terns feeding 25±5 Wedgetails 1855 50±5 Sooty Terns feeding 5 Wedgetails 1 immature Sooty Tern in 1032 flock. At 1445 a large school of gulls was sighted by watch. est. 5-6 kts, around 50 tms. No birds above school. Dusk ranged at 1810 probably not molting.
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Location 9th Lane Observer King / Kated Date 22 June 64 Time 0510 to 1907 Weather 20 knots from E - rain squalls SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 38 12 pairs Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 2 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 4 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 408 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 shearwater/petrel 4 Bonito Storm Petrel 2 # daylight trip: 39 # night trip: 8 total birds: 458
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Photo: 0530 30 Sooty Terns traveling 1015. 200±50 Sooty Tern feeding 10±5 Wedgetail 1100 90±20 Sooty Tern feeding 15±5 Wedgetail 1226 9 Sooty Tern traveling 0938 13±2 Sooty Tern feeding - 1 Wedgetail 1033 5 Wedgetail sitting unrated 1210 13 Sooty Tern feeding 1 Wedgetail 1320 10 Sooty Tern traveling Flora at 0530 sighted Syngnaes catern. One dark plumage Wedgetails Borins possibly molting. Other species of alcamaters & petrels might have been included in feeding flora above. Too fast to tell.
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Location 9th day Observer King Hunted Date 23 June 64 Time 0512 to 1905 Weather fair, patchy clouds, scattered rain showers - winds 17 kph E. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 < 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 3 light Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 14 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 7 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 6 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's Shearwater 1 Shearwater / petrel 2 Tropicbird sp. 1 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 not molting Hawaiian Storm-Petrel 1 Total sightings: 29 # of birds: 0 total birds 37
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All Wedgetails light phase Dark rumped Petrel at 1106 not molting - dark underwing border as thick as wedgetails but undertail white. 1108 Bain Is P. out twice in water, molting heavily- Perhaps molting birds sit more since flight must be harder and less efficient. Most Bain Is P. on molting can not seen close enough to tell.
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Location 10th day Observer King, Husted Date 24 June 64 Time 0530 to 1845 Weather partly cloudy, wind E 15 knots Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 4 all night Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 4 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 3 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 10 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's Shearwater 1 Tropicbird sp ? 1 tropicbirds . 3 Shearwater/Petrel 3 # dead albatross : 21 # dead booby : 1 Total kills : 31
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Flock 1450 85 south Ten feeding At 0605 a large chunky bird almost size of dove passed East 100 off bow. Brown above, white below with brown breastband, underwings mottled. brown. Pointed wings, short neck, head appeared to have much white on it. Constant jay-like flapping - no glides - tail not as long as PM. Jaeger. All 4 Wedgetails light Phase Stood on bow with gun all afternoon - 1 shot at south Tem. but missed
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Location 11th Lan Observer King Prested Date 25 June 64 Time 0537 to 1845 Weather cloudy, wind 20 knots from E SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 12 all light Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 8 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 359 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 14 White-nosed Petrel 10 Shearwater/Petrel 257 Hassett's Storm Petrel 1 petrel sp. 17 Whitley Shearwater 1 Grey Shearwater 1 # of sea things: 58 # of birds: 5 Total birds: 663
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flocks 0612 20±5 Sooty Terns 0715 5 petrel sp. feeding 30±5 shear/petrels feeding? 1432 8 Sooty Terns 1546 300±200 Sooty Tern feeding 2 Wedge-tail feeding 700±100 shearwater/petrel 5 Dive-jumped P. 2 White-necked P. 1 Bonin Elop. 1625 50±5 Sooty Tern 15±5 shear/petrel All wedge-tails seen were bright, but some birds in flocks could have been duds. All Dive-jumped + White-necked Petrels molting 1 Bonin not molting - nest molting At 0924 saw first Sooty Shear of course, heading NW but not flying in typically long arcs. A molting Bonin + White-necked were flushed from water. Slightly too much swell for standing on bow.
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Location 12th Ave Observer King, Hustad Date 26 June 64 Time 0535 to 1830 Weather partly cloudy, winds E at 12 kts. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 3 dark - 2 not determined / light Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 19 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 30 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's Shearwater 3 Dark-rumped Petrel 18 White-mailed Petrel 18 petrel sp. 11 shearwater petrel 46 tern sp ? 1 # of sightings: 54 # of species: 8 total birds: 146
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Floors: 0630 4 Sooty Tern 0632 6 petrel up feeding 2+ Wedgetail travelling 25±5 Shearwater/petrel 1/50 1515 shearwater /petrel feeding 25±5 Sooty Tern At 0552 at Newells. had a priming missing on each side - molting during breeding season? Also Newells at 1820 sitting on water. 2 Dark-rumped had fresh plumage, one of which, loaded on water 100 ft + astern and was observed pulling at something in the water, taking off as we pulled along side. It was close enough to reveal pink legs + black distal 1/3 ft + short bill Several Dark-rumps, Browns and Whiteheads, all molting were seen sitting on water. 5 Browns were not molting this fresh plumage. Tern sp? at 0941 seen by Hunter had tern like flight & "somewhat pointed wings" All dark with lighter bill, straight & lighter at base. Headed due east Light phase Wedgetail seen 1802 at 11° north, watched from bow for ½ hour in morning & 3 hours during late morning, early afternoon. no shots.
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Location 13th Dec Observer King, Heston Date 27 June 64 Time 0540 to 1835 Weather partly cloudy wind NE 15 knots SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 3-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 17 13 dead 1 light 3 undetermined Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 22 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 6 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 17 White-maculal Petrel 4 Shearwater/petrel 7 petrel egg 3 # of seal trips : 52 # of birds : 7 Total birds : 77
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florks: 0630 # Sooty Terns, 0702 3 Bonin I's P feeding 2 Wedgetails travelling 1 White-necked P 1 Shearwater/Petrel At 0702 watch (Ternite) saw Wedgetail like bird light underneath - mostly light underwings flapped more like Jaeger - might have been Pied Foster S.? At 1044 Capt. Lee Doyle saw all dark Bonin I's P sized bird Capt. thought Christmas I.s B either that or Balverno P. Most Bonins, Dark-rumps and all White necks were molting.
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Location 14th Run Observer King, Wasted Date 28 June 64 Time 0530 to 1840 Weather partly cloudy - wind 18 knots NW - choppy seas SPECIES | Abundance (1-10, 10-100, 100-1000, 1000+) | Breeding (Nests, Eggs, Young) | Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel | 16 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel | 3, 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird | / White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern | 2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/Petrel | 3, 11 Dark-mantled Petrel | 33 White-chinned Petrel | / Petrel sp. | 2 # of seabirds: 40 # of shorebirds: 0 total birds: 57
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1 Dark-rumped Petrel with new plumage, most of petrels molting. 2 Bonins flushed from water.
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Location 15th deg Observer King Hunted Date 29 June 64 Time 0500 to 1750 Weather frequent squalls. wind 10-20 kts from NE sky 3/4 okas SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 2-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 8 Dead, 1 light Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 2 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-mantled Petrel 27 Petrel sp. 4 Shearwater/petrel 9 Bird sp. 1 # of bird trips: 28 # of boats: 1 Total birds: 51
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Bird: 1440 4 Dark-muzzled Petrel feeding 4 wedge-tails 3 shearwater/petrel All Bernier's Pt Dark-muzzled Prastrell, many sitting on water At 1715 Rangers saw bird active; large body with thick wings, small bill - short neck, flapped hard. ?
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Location 16th day Observer Kina, Haasht Date 30 June 69 Time 0515 to 1845 Weather few clouds - mostly clear - wind N & NE at 17-15 kts. moist choppy
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Floris: 0840 100±10 Sooty Tems 50±10 Steamer/petrel feeding 1415 4 Sooty Tem. feeding 4 Wedge-tail All but one Dark-rumped Petrels molting - in fine plumage 2 Dark Fs P. not molting Many molting Dark-rumps sitting on water, some not even flushed by approaching ship.
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Location 17th Dec Observer Kara Hunt Date 1 July 67 Time 0510 to /255 Weather partly cloudy wind NNE 15 knots - fairly calm SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks <10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 11 hall right Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 25 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Observation / Petrel # of sightings: 10 +2 Red-footed Booby: 0 +3 White Tailed Tropicbirds: 15
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4 wedgetails sitting together on water at 0931 in front of ship.
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Location 18th Seam Observer Kirby Hunted Date 25 Feb '64 Time 0730 to 1839 Weather fair - partly cloudy winds NE 15-20 - running with swell. SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5 3 light 2 undetermined Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 1 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 5 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Albatross/petrel 5
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AT 0701 2 White tailed Tropicbirds with faint mud colored curved ship - 1754 Bain I: Petrel had bandana plumage.
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Location Midway Observer: H. W. [illegible] Date 3-Aug-64 Time 0530 to 1920 Weather Fair - partly cloudy - winds - 14-16, sea fairly calm SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks <10 10-100 100-1000 >1000 Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 23 18 night, Hummingbird, 1 day Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 3 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 3 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 2 1 bird, immature Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 2 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern [illegible] Petrel [illegible] [illegible] Storm Petrel 1 # of night trips 22 # of Flights 0 Total Birds 44
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Upto 50 edgefails following ship at once
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Location Kahoolawe Observer Nina Bostick Date 4-July-1964 Time 0545 to 1925 Weather light on reef in morning winds 4-7 kts from E afternoon gusty lightly drizzle 15-18 knots E Species Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 381 1 collected #0507 FWS#61515012 Christmas I. Shearwater all killed but 1 Audubon's Shearwater 0 Bonin I. Petrel 21 0 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 3 1 collected #0508 Adult ♂ Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 202 (collected) #0506 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 6 Shearwater Petrel 11 Tropicbird sp. 1 Pomarine Jaeger? 1 # of Sighting 27 # of Individuals 9 Total Birds 1360
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flcres: 1126 10 Sooty Tern 1700 300±50 Sooty Tern 6 Wedgetail 100±25 Wedgetail feeding 2 Bmll Ds P. feeding 1 Dark-muged P. 1 Darl-muged P. Fregate Fairy Term Pomarine Jaeger? 1,735 100±25 Sooty Tern 1800 35±5 Sooty Tern feeding 50±25 Wedgetail feeding 25±10 Wedgetail 2 Fregate 1811 3 Sooty Tern 1814 250±50 Sooty Tern travelling 2 Wedgetail feeding 75±25 Wedgetail 1 Darl-muged P. 1818 100±50 Sooty Tern 1950 100±25 Sooty Tern feeding 50±25 Wedgetail feeding 25±10 Wedgetail 1856 6 Sooty Tern travelling 3 Wedgetail Many Wedgetails sitting on water - up to 6 following ship for short periods. One Dark-muged P. molting - molt in new plumage. Several Bonis in new plumage. At 1458 4 Wedgetails not in water, eating close to ships. One bird something in its bill resembled squid - kept diving head under and pulling at something. 1700 1 Sooty Tern # 0506 Adult 1 Wedgetail # 0507 FLS band # 615-15018 1 Fregate # 0509 Adult or . Pomarine Jaeger? in flock - chasing sooty Tern near where wedgetail was observed. Fairy Term seen feeding - splashed into water like Sooty Tern. collected Sooty Tern had fresh squid in its gorge. 1700 flcres had 4-5 lbs shipjacks underneath.
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Location 1st day TC-6 Observer King, Hunted Date 13 July 67 Time/400 to 1925 Weather fair, windy and rough on the channel, calmer in lee of island SPECIES Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel Door-rumped Petrel Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young 169 all light / 32 // | 448 77 / / 3 # of scallops: 51 # of petrels: 6 total birds: 944
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1550 15±5 Sooty Terns 1728 7 Red-footed Booby traveling 2 Wedgetail feeding 2 Red-footed Booby 1 Bulwer's Petrel 1755 250±50 Sooty Tern 1800 75±25 Sooty Tern feeding 75±25 Noddy Tern feeding 1 Fairy Tern 75±25 Wedgetail 2 Wedgetail 3 Dark-rumped P 1 Red-footed Booby 1805 250±50 Sooty Tern 1826 35 Sooty Tern feeding 75±25 Wedgetail traveling 1550 flocks - adult, 1 sub-adult Red-foots - both out on water Bulwers not seen feeding 1815 to 1852 in area of fairly calm but confused sea in lee of Lanai saw 28 Bulwers, all heading NE for Lanai.
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Location 2nd Leg Observer King, Huoté Date 14 July, '64 Time 0548 to 1920 Weather partly cloudy winds SE to E at 15 to 18 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 56 3 dark Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 43 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 11 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 3 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 25 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Newell's Shearwater 3 tropicbird pop 1 Dark-rumped Petrel 19 Shearwater sp. petrel 3- total sightings: 60 flotes: 4 birds: 196
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flock 80 · 950 x Sooty Tern 1215 50 ± 3 Sooty Tern 2 Dark-rumped P 30 ± 5 Wedge-tail feeding 1 Wedge-tail feeding 5 Brown Es P. 1 Brown Es P. 2 Dark-rumped P. 1 Frigate 2 Fairy Tern 1305 6 Sooty Tern 14:55 6 Sooty Tern travelling travelling Frigate (hunting Sooty Tern in flock) All Dark-rumped seen well today had finished moulting - upper surfaces mud-grey with dark pattern, or brown wings, not charcoal grey like immature Dark rumps. This might be determining characteristic. Brown Es P. past molting too. Dark rumped Wedge-tail and Fairy Es seen on water.
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Location 3rd day Observer K. ing Hunted Date 15 Jul 64 Time 0550 to 1910 Weather partly cloudy wind E at 15-18 knots SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + 1000 Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 23 slight, 20 days Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 5 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 37 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 Dark-rumped Petrel 25 petrel sp 28 White-nosed Petrel 5 shearwater/petrel 66 sightings: 45 flocks 4 total: 190
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Records: 0710 12 Sooty Tern 5 ± Wedgetail feeding 5 dark munged P 10 ± petrel ap 0837 25+ Sooty Tern, feeding 60 + Shearwater/petrel sitting 0815 10 Petrel sp. travelling 1538 5 Wedgetails B Dark - mugs with dark backs seen. Many still molting, All White - neers still molting, several of each sitting on water Several dark Wedgetails seen molting Very few birds after 1530. No light Wedgetails after 0710. On how all day
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Location 4th bay Observer K. Hasted Date 16 July 67 Time 0610 to 1900 Weather Partly cloudy wind SE 15-20 morning, afternoon less gusty with drizzle, wind SE 10-15, fairly calm SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 64 all dead Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 13 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 53 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 petrel age 2 Dwarf-nosed Petrel 22 elegant petrel 2 brown petrel X 2 white-vented Petrel 7 Newell's Shearwater 5 sightings: 44 birds: 1 nids: 17/
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flors: 1645 50 ± 10 Soot Tern 50 ± 80 Wedgetail feeding 10 ± 2 Dark-rumped P. White-necked Petrel Shear/petrel X Bm J's at 0650 had fresh plumage, had very thin dark border around underwing and no back mous Bms at 0722 sitting on water At 1135 I noted new shear/petrel X. underwings entirely dark size of Dark-rumped P. White headed. At 1625 a 3" squid jumped a foot out of water in front of bow of ship At 1:45 we turned into feeding floor; I shot Dark-rumped P. molting but bridge didn't see bird shot so we steamed past and didn't stop for it. In floor was a second shear/petrel X identical with above description and description of a couple months ago. At 1712 I shot and dropped a Newell's shear. but it regained its strength and flew away while we were preparing to net it. God, a nightmare of a day. On bow half day
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Location 5th Day Observer King Husted Weather partly cloudy, wind NE 18 knots Date 17 Feb 67 Time 0550 to 1900 Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5 1 night, 4 days Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 2 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 very immature White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Shearwater/petrel 5 White-necked Petrel 1 Dark-rumped Petrel 3 Sightings : 15 Nests : 0 Young : 17
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No flies - Very slow day At 1456 a Red Tailed T.B. came over, very young, no tail at all, heavily vermiculated on back. On how all day
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Location 6th Day Observer King, Hursted Date 18 Jul 67 Time 0610 to 1900 Weather mostly clear, wind NE 15-18 kts, moderate swell SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 64 27 dead & 2 flight 15 undetermined Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 14 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red tailed Tropicbird 3 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Brittle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 81 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 116 Petrel sp. 1 Shearwater/petrel 4 nightingale; 44 fluffies: 4 total 783
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florida: 0945 20±10 Sooty Tern 40±10 Wedge-tail feeding 20±5 Dark-rumped P. 5 Bonin I.s. P. 1735 10±2 Sooty Tern 30±5 Dark-rumped P feeding 15±5 Wedge-tail 1712 10 Dark-rumped P. 1745 20 Dark-rumped P. feeding 1 Bonin Is. P. feeding 4 Wedge-tail 1 Red-tailed Tropicbird without central retrices. Several Dark-rumped Petrels still molting. Also some Bonin I.s. P. Many Dark-rumped & Bonin I.s. P. sitting on water. A 1745 ship passed through heart of flock of 20 Dark- rumped Petrels. I fired 9 times, hitting birds at least 3, maybe 7 times, one bird twice, but none went down. Birds very close, some within 25 yards. Fired at Dark-rumped at 1847, Pattern peaking high, at 1800 saw school of 2-3" squid (200 or so) going clear of water. No birds.
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Location 7th day Observer King Hunted Date 19 July 64 Time 0533 to 1908 Weather partly cloudy getting overcast late afternoon, wind NE 18-27 knots fairly large swells SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + 1000 Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 7/ 30 dark 4/ light Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin Petrel 24 Phoenix Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red tailed Tropicbird 1 White tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Pudd, Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sandpipers Bristle thrusted Curlew Short T. 189 Gray backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 White noddled Petrel Petrel sp 3 Long winged Petrel 37 Shearwater petrel 46 Tropic bird sp 1 Skylarks 1 Nodding Shearwater 3 sightings: 48 flocks: 4 birds: 382
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flocks : 1005 75±10 Sooty Tern 1055 60±20 Sooty Tern 25±10 Dark-rumped P. feeding 40±10 Shearwater/petrel feeding 40±10 Wedgetail 10±5 Brown Is.P. 2 Fairy Tern 1 Frigatebird 1225 25±2 Sooty Tern 1505 25±2 Sooty Tern feeding 5±2 Wedgetail feeding 14±2 Wedgetail several Dark-rumped Ps still molting 1 Newell's Shear. At 09/6 an all-brown Shearbird, Lighter colour, with fairly long, straight bill curled ship twice. No white on tail, no barring, size of Golden Plane. Fired 5 times, but once but didn't drop. Most Brown Is.Ps finished molting. 7 seen in water. Immature Sooty Terns in all flocks so far.
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Location 8th Leg Date 20 June 64 Time 0545 to 1910 Observer King, Hinze, Ted Weather partly cloudy heavy swell, wind 25-28 from E SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + 1000 Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 145 2 dark Christina's I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 3 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel / Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird / White-tailed Tropicbird / Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 3 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Brittle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 658 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 5 petrel sp 10 shearwater/petrel 81 Dark-rumped Petrel / sightings: 33 flocks: 7 total birds: 910
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flocks 0732 125±25 Sooty Tern 45±10 Wedgetail feeding 2 Frigate 0932 75±10 Sooty Tern feeding 40±10 Wedgetail 1 Dark-rumped P. 1010 85±5 Sooty Tern feeding 25±10 Wedgetail 1142 8 Sooty Tern feeding 5 Wedgetail 1151 25±5 Sooty Tern feeding 10 Wedgetail 8 Petrel sp. 1400 250±50 Sooty Tern feeding 75±25 Shearwater/petrel 1 Frigate bird 1550 85±5 Sooty Tern feeding 4 Fairy Tern 10±15 Wedgetail At 0743 watch for brown shearwater/petrel with light patches undergoing, underparts medium to light brown - not wedgetail. At 0932 molting Dark-rumped Petrel joining feeding flock Many feeding flocks today must be rich area.
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Location 9th day Observer King, Husted Weather partly cloudy, frequent squalls, wind NE 18-20 kts Date 2/July 64 Time 0538 to 1910 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 16 2 eggs Christmas I. Shearwater? 1 Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 7 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 3 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 2 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 135 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern chickenwater petrel 15 Dark-rumped Petrel 20 petrels 2 White-tailed Petrel 2 shearwater petrel x 1 seabirds: 36 birds: 5 buds: 206
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Rodeo. 0824 3 Dark-rumped P. feeding 2 Petrel sp 110 90+10 Sooty Tern 2 Wedgetail feeding 6 Dark-rumped P. 2 White-vented P. 1 Fairy Tern 1130 20 Sooty Tern feeding 6 Dark-rumped P. 2 White-vented P. 1 Wedgetail 1 Fairy Tern 1235 20+10 Sooty Tern feeding 1040 2513 Sooty Tern feeding 6 Dark-rumped P. 6 Wedgetail 1120 25 Sooty Tern feeding 5 Dark-rumped P. 1 White-vented P. 1135 6 Dark-rumped Petrel killing 1 White-vented P. 1 Wedgetail 1240, 7 Sooty Tern travelling 1302 55±2 Sooty Tern feeding 5 Dark-rumped P. 1400. 6 Dark-rumped P. travelling 2 White-vented P. 1450 20+2 Sooty Tern feeding 7 Dark-rumped P. 2 White-vented P. 1628 6 Sooty Tern feeding 4 Dark-rumped P. 2 Wedgetail At 0640 large white bird seen in distance at 75ft, near by a gun off frontal, described 'large, all white, long neck. Body sp.' 1040 Dark-rumped Petrel # 0510 collected by King 1045 White-vented Petrel # 0511 collected by King 1110 3 separate groups of about 30 Sooty Terns + small group of petrels + Wedgetails joined up into one common flock. 1130 2 Dark-rumps in flock chased flying fish, as school surfaced. One got fish. Chased almost into wind, but going same direction as fish. Sooty Terns in this & previous flocks made up of immatures, molting immatures getting adult plumage, and molting adults 145 Dark-rumped Petrel # 0512 collected by Huatled 1450 Dark-rumped Petrel # 0513 collected by King 1555 Dark-rumped Petrel # 0514 collected by Huatled 1650 Dark-rumped Petrel shot by Huatled but not collected. First mate turned ship to circle, then turned east resumed course. Chief Oriental watch both birds birds spotted on water. Everyone surprised by his action. He said "This way watch and I'll run it and see Pet." No good reason for turning. 3
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Location 10th day Observer King, Husted Weather mostly clear, but with frequent rain squalls - wind NNE at 10 knots Date 22 July 64 Time 0545 to 1900 SPECIES Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 17 2 dead wedgetails Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 3 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 268 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 5 Dark-munged Petrel 103 White-nosed Petrel 14 petrel sp. 11 Bulwer's petrel 1 Newell's Shearwater 2 sightings: 62 calculated: 12 totals: 427
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flocks: 0910 2 Sooty Tern travelling 4 Wedge-tail 3 Dark-rumped P. 2 Bonin Is. P. 1 Bulwers' P. 0920 25±2 Sooty Tern dispersing 5±2 Shearwater/petrel 0930 25±2 Sooty Tern travelling 5±2 Shearwater/petrel 1450 75±10 Sooty Tern feeding 5+ Wedge-tail 5+ Dark-rumped Petrel 1 Frigatebird 1 Bonin Is. Petrel 1635 3 Sooty Tern travelling 3 Wedge-tail 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 0757 Sooty Tern immature changing to adult plumage Several Dark-rumped Petrels still molting 1123 a dark brown shear/petrel slightly smaller than wedge-tail flashed from water beside ship called Christmas Is. Shearwater? 1310 Husted had good look at shear/petrel X. " All dark underneath except for narrow white strip in middle of wing, No dark breast band, no black on head or back, Plus size cross between Dark-rumped + Bonin Is P. About Dark-rumped size, Head white + underbody white. 1335 Dark-rumped Petrel collected by Husted #0509 1.05 lbs 1450 Observed feeding flock for 1½ hours during hydro station. Moved less than 1 mile. Rain squall passed over without changing flock position. Sky varied with birds coming + going; rising + descending depending on where fish were. Saw school of flying fish, many at surface.
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Location 11th day Observer King Hed Date 23.5.64 Time 0538 to 1850 Weather Easterly cloudy occasional rain squalls wind E by S to SE Abundance Breeding SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 Nests Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 7 all birds Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 4 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Chicken Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sandpiper Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 83 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Petrel sp. 7 Dark-rumped Petrel 35 White-necked Petrel / Mascarets Storm Petrel / sightings: 37 photos: 3 cards: 138
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Feb 25. 0842 S Dark-rumped P. Litting 1130 30±1 Sooty Tern feeding 3+ Dark-rumped P. 1+ Wedgetail 1131 50±25 Sooty Tern feeding Numerous Dark-rumps sitting on water, several still showing missing primaries 0925 Passed large bay, 3 Dark-rumps sitting nearby, trolled past 5 or 6 times + caught 14 Mahimahi Big school. 1420 Harcourt's Storm Petrel had very erratic flight, rarely stiff held wings, & wings described wide arc on flap. 1445 Dark-rumped, and one or two after had very dark backs, like Maui bird.
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Location 12th day Observer King, Husted Date 24 July '64 Time 0610 to 1844 Weather partly cloudy, one heavy rain shower, wind 15-18 E to SE 70-8 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 17 all dark Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 10 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 8 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-rumped Petrel 15 Shearwater sp. 4 Petrel sp. 1 White-necked Petrel / Harvest Storm Petrel / Birds 30 sightings: 37 flocks: 2 (3) cruise: 57
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flocks (0400 30 buds) 0648 3 Sooty Tern, feeding 7 Dark-rumped Petrel 3 Wedgetail 1811 3 Sooty Tern, dispersing 1 Wedgetail 1 Dark-rumped Petrel At 0400 a feeding flock of 30 birds was observed by 2nd mate, actively working in light of full moon. All Booby's finished molting Most Dark-rumped finished molting 1655 Boobies seen flying in middle of heavy rain squalls 1806 Harcarts flew stiff wings flight facile quite
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Location 20th Day Observer King - Hunted Date 1 August 1964 Time 0605 to 1105 Weather Partly cloudy, sea fairly calm SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 89 / dark phase Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 6 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby 2 Red-footed Booby 5 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 27 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 131 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Newell's S. 3 Swin. Petrel 2 # sightings 123 Flacks 4 Total Birds 368
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Location 13th day Observer Kim Husted Date 25 July 64 Time 0540 to 1830 Weather mostly overcast, heavy rain in morning, clearing in afternoon wind NE 18-20
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Flocks! 1500 12 Dark-rumped Petrel feeding 1515 8 Sooty Tern feeding 65±10 Dark-rumped P. 35±10 Wedgetail. Still a few molting Dark-rumps but Bonin's seen to be finished. Flock at 1515 Hired with shear+petrels but only 8 Sooty Terns. Why? Good day in spite of heavy rain.
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Location 14th day Observer King, Hunted Date 26 July 64 Time 0542 to 1847 Weather partly cloudy, morning winds 20 to 30 km NE, sluggish afternoon NE 12-25 Abundance Breeding SPECIES 4-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nestle Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2+2 flight, 1 dead - 2 determined Christmas I. Shearwater / Audubon's Shearwater ? / Bonin I. Petrel 4 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 4 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-mantled Petrel 10 Newell's Shear. / Shearwater petrel 3 Kermadec Petrel / # night: 23 birds : 0 dead : 27 (29)
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All Laurs and most Dark-rumped finished molting 0938 Christmas Island Shearwater: all dark, typical shearwater flight, stiff wingbeats + glide, slightly smaller than Wedge-tail, tendency to sail high above horizon. Came very close. Wings held stiff, not curled like Wedge-tail. 1055 Kermadec Petrel: White underparts seen toward ends of underside, typical petrel flight, medium large, all brown, shaggy. Lighter than below. 1737 Audubon's Shearwater? Very small shearwaters, smaller than Baillons with thinner, stiffer wings, nooks chancy. Dark grey-brown above (like Newells) white below in sharp contrast; white underside with thick black edge. Flaw with constant fast stiff wingbeats.
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Location 15th day Observer King, Huatud Date 27 Jun 51 Time: 1320 to 1840 Weather partly cloudy, wind 15-22 knots, choppy SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Leysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 very rare White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 1 immature Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern [illegible] 3 White-necked Petrel 1 Shearwater/petrel 4 sightings: 25 birds: 17
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fliers 1450 5+ Dark-rumped Petrels feeding. At 1500 a Dark-rumped P. sailed 30 ft high, turned then sailed 50 feet high, higher than the mast At 1653 capt. was all dark bird, smaller than Wedge-tail, glided full white seen, lighter brown patches on underwing, ?
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Location 16th day Observer King Huetel Date 28 July 64 Time 0520 to 1855 Weather mostly overcast, wind 22+ knots from NE, sloppy SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sandpiper Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 68 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 47 White-headed Petrel 2 Petrel sp. 13 Shearwater petrel 10 Kermadec Petrel 2 dark phase
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flocks: 0555 4 Dark-rumped P. sitting 1 White-vented P. 1 Petrel sp. 0630 - 5 Dark-rumped P. chasing 1 White-vented P. 0912 8 Sooty Tern feeding 4 Dark-rumped P. 1 Shearwater/petrel 1400 50 ± 5 Sooty Tern 75 ± 5 Dark-rumped P. feeding 2 Kermadec P. 1 Fairy Tern 1 shearwater/petrel 1459 15 ± 5 Sooty Tern feeding 10 Petrel sp. 2 shear/petrel 0555 Petrel sp. same size & shape as Dark rumped P. brown above, light brown below, lighter about head. Underwings dark brown around edges & light brown in middle. Fles the Dark rump. Bad spotted, possibly molting. 0600 Petrel sp. all dark petrels, slightly smaller than wedge-tailed, typical petrel flight, underparts not clearly seen, but perhaps slight patches underneath. Sat once on water. 0630 Dark rumps chasing, put on aerial display to a chasing other round, right down, inches behind it. 0912 Petrel sp. "all dark" smaller than wedge-tailed, flies in flocks, high arcs, flapped seldom, wings stiff & stiff. Hunted thought it was petrels of some sort. 1330 White tailed Tropicbird seen as it crossed bow of SS Son 2¾ mile from ca. 1400; Shearwater - petrel; size of Bonin Is. P. but thinner, darker on back, more contrast, underwing white with black edges, undertail coverts white. Hudson's S.?
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Location 17th day Observer King, Husted Weather Partly cloudy, wind NE at 20kt. Date 29 July 64 Time 0520 to 1400 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 1 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 3 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 155 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 1 Shearwater/Petrel 51 Dark-rumped Petrel 5 sightings : 14 flocks : birds : 217
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flats: 5 Sooty Terni 1655 travelling. At 1010 shear/petrel was seen on far side of drogue at distance of 1.0 miles.
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Location 18th day Observer King, Husted Date 30 July 64 Time 0555 to 1905 Weather partly cloudy wind NE 18-25 SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 + Nests Eggs Young Leysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 1 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 2 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 3 White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 1 Moring Juno Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Reddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Pristle-winged Curlew Scory Tern 5 Gray-backed Tern Brown-nosed Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-grey Noddy Fairy Tern Streaked Petrel 2+3 Tropical sp 1 sightings : 13 flocks : birds : 12 (20)
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flocks 1050 10 Soot Tern 7 Wedgefunl feeding 3 Shearpetel 1 Frigate 1500 25 Soot Tern feeding 5 Shearpetel 1 Fairy Tern 1 Frigate 1820 3+ Sooty Fern feeding 2 Frigate 0950 10 4" squid in small school jumped ft out water in front of bow. 1138 Kennedec P ? probably sitting on water flew away from ship. All dark, white patch under wing, clumsy, flapped often flying into wind, underparts not clearly seen. 1725 Shearpetel white underparts including underwing and undertail slightly smaller than wedgeful, dark above, sharp contrast, flight petel- birds are but long and directional
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Location 19th day Observer King/Hunter Date 3/ July 64 Time 06:00 to 19:30 Weather Partly Cloudy, wind E at 18 kts SPECIES Abundance Breeding Remarks 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000 + Nests Eggs Young Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 11 / 7 all night Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel / Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel / Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird / Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 4 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 40 Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern 3 Newell's Shearwater 5 Scarcity/petrel 12 Gannets Petrels / nighting: 22 fledges: 3 gross: 81 (+1)
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Flocks: 0735 10 Noddy Tern travelling 3 Wedgetails 0742 5015 Noddy Tern feeding 2 Sooty Tern 7 Wedgetails 0843 5 Wedgetail travelling 1 Red-footed Booby 0955 60 Noddy Tern feeding Nest Terns heading from island. No large feeding flocks. Noddies far outnumbered Sooties. 1030 4 Noddies perched on small branch.
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