Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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Horsland Is. Location 0.46N; 176-38W - 0-35.5; 176-57W H.F. 55 Observer Crossin et al. Date 16 Aug 66 Time 0815 to 1835- Weather wind ca. (8 knots), Miles 106.0 Hours 10 hrs. 40 min. sea rough. SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Slender-billed Shearwater Christmas Island Shearwater Newell's Shearwater Juan Fernandez Petrel 1 White-necked Petrel Kermadec Petrel Phoenix Island Petrel Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel 8 Bulwer's Petrel 2 Leach's Storm Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 White-tailed Tropicbird 2 Blue-faced Booby 10 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird 1 1 call. Lesser Frigatebird 1 1 call. Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sooty Tern 258 2 call. Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern Storm-Pet > 6 Fairy Tern Shear-Pet = 12 Pomarine Jaeger Tern = 258 Pterodroma externa 1 Tropicbird = 4 White-throated SP. 1 13 booby = 10 White-vumped SP. 5 Frigate = 104 Frigate g. 102 Shorebird = 1 Wandering Tattler 1 call. Total Birds 395 Total Sightings Total Flocks 10 (325) Total Species 13 Feeding Flocks = 4 (2.35) ST-MNR-11-1-66