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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)
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