Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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Last day in Southern Grid. Location 0-22N; 177-12W — 1-54W; 175-45W Observer Grossin et al. Date 19 Aug. 1966 Time 0649 to 1851 Weather Clear, sea rel. calm. Miles 99 Hours 12hrs, 02 min. Wind ca. 12 knots. 722 min 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 White-necked Petrel Kermadec Petrel Phoenix Island Petrel/Tahitian 1 Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Wreck's Storm Petrel 10 Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 1 call. White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 3 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird 3 Lesser Frigatebird 17 1 call. ad.♂ (1745) Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sooty Tern 147 1 ad call. Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern Fairy Tern Pomarine Jaeger Pterodroma fo. 3 Tropicbird = 2 Shear-Pet 1 Booby = 5 Frigatebird fo. 10 Frigate = 30 Shore bird = 2 Total Birds 200 Total Sightings Total Flocks 3(159) Total Species 9 Feeding Flocks = 1 (120) ST-MNHI-11—1-66