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Location 17-11 N ; 161-30 W — 15-35N ; 160-15-W
Observer CROSSIN ET AL Date 25 AUG. 1966 Time 0530 to 1811
Weather high winds, Seas rough Miles 113 Hours 12hrs 43min
763 min
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 60 1 DARK, 2 INT., 1 INT-LIGHT, 56 LIGHT
Sooty Shearwater } 1
Slender-billed Shearwater }
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater 6
Juan Fernandez Petrel 8
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel (1) } 12 1 BWP COL.
Black-winged Petrel (6) }
Bulwer's Petrel 5
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird 2
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird 1
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 104
Grey-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
SHEAR/PET 11 SHEAR/PET - 103
BIRD 1 TROPIC BIRD - 2
FRIGATE - 1
TERN - 104
BIRD SP? - 1
Total Birds 211
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 5 (92)
Total Species 9
Feeding Flocks 1 (17)
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