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Location 25-55N; 173-06W -> Laysan
Observer Crossin et. al.
Date 20 June 1966 Time 0830 to 1205
Weather rain squalls all morning, sea rough.
Abundance
Species 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Notes Eggs Young Remarks
Laysan Albatross 11
Black-footed Albatross 9
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 141 all light phase
Christmas I. Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Bonin I. Petrel
Phoenix I. Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel 3
Sooty Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird 8
White-tailed Tropicbird
Masked Booby
Brown Booby 1
Red-footed Booby 15
Great Frigatebird 17
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Wandering Tattler
Sanderling
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Sooty Tern 461
Gray-backed Tern 2
Brown-winged Tern
Common Noddy 21
Hawaiian Noddy 7
Blue-gray Noddy
Fairy Tern 2
Total Birds = 698
Total Flocks = 21 (508)
Feeding Flocks = 2 (162)
Species = 13
Albatross = 20
Shear Pet = 144
Tern = 493
Tropicbird = 8
Booby = 16
Frigate = 17
3 whales