Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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FIRST DAY OUT OF S.GRID Location 03-30N; 179-38W — 05-03N; 173-18W Observer CROSSIN ET.AL. Date 20 Aug. 1966 Time 0635 to 1844 Weather OVERCAST; WIND 9-15 KNOTS Miles 123.0 Hours 12 hrs. 9 min. SEA- REL. CALM 729 min. SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Layson Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 88 1 light phase rest dark Sooty Shearwater }2 Slender-billed Shearwater Christmas Island Shearwater Newell's Shearwater Juan Fernandez Petrel } (8) 16 3 JFP COLL White-necked Petrel Kermadec Petrel 1 Phoenix Island Petrel 6 2 Phoenix I.P. coll. Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel 1 Bulwer's Petrel WILSON'S STORM PETREL 6 Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby Brown Booby 1 Red-footed Booby 1 Great Frigatebird Lesser Frigatebird Golden Plover 2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sooty Tern 84 Gray-backed Tern STORM PET = 7 Common Noddy Tern SHEAR PET = 122 Fairy Tern TERN = 84 Pomarine Jaeger TROPICBIRD = 1 PALE-FOOTED SHRUTA. 1 GOOBY = 2 PIERODROMA SP. 2 FRIGATE = 0 STORM PETREL SP. 1 STORMBIRD = 4 SHEAR/PET 3 Total Birds = 220 Total Sightings Total Flocks = 5 (169) Total Species = 14 FEEDING FLOCKS = 3 (142) ST-MNH-11-1-66