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Location 11-56 N; 166-21 W — 13-17N; 165-07W
Observer CROSGIN ET AL.
Date 23 Aug. 1966
Time 0559 to 1817
Weather CLOUDY w/ RAIN SQUALLS
Miles 109
Hours 2 hrs, 23 min
SKA MOD.; NEWIND 16 KNOTS
743 min
SPECIES
NUMBERS
REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
2
DARK PHASE-BOTH
Sooty Shearwater
1
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
(6)
319
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
(4)
6
Bulwer's Petrel
1
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
1
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern
16
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
PITSCODROMA sp.
2
SHEAR/PET — 32
SHEARWATER sp.
1
TROPICBIRD — 1
TERN — 16
Total Birds
49
Total Sightings
Total Flocks
2 (16) + (5) = 21
Total Species
7
FEEDING FLOCKS
1 (5)
SI-MNH-11—1.66