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Nocturnal
Location 0-35S; 176-57W — 0-41N; 176-47W
Observer Crossin et al. Date 16-17 Aug 66 Time 1855 to 0648
Weather Sea wind. Wind ca. 15 knots. Miles 118 Hours 11hrs 53min
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1 dark phase.
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby 1
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 22
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
white-throated S.P. 3 Storm Pet = 5
Storm Petrel sp. 1 Shear Pet = 3
White-rumped S.P. 1 Tern = 22
Pterodroma sp. 2 Booby = 1
Shorebird sp. 1 Frigate = 1
Bird sp. 3 Shorebird = 1
Frigate sp. 1 Misc = 3
Total Birds 36
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 0
Total Species 8
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