Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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113 hrs. 24 min Location 22-52N; 162-47W — 22-17N; 160-48W Observer Crossin et. al. Date 24 June 1966 Time 0507 to 1831 Weather Sea rough, few squalls. Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks SPECIES Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1 454 Idavk vestfisher Species = 13 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phuza: 2 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel 97 Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 6 Great Frigatebird 10 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern 398 Gray-backed Tern 15 Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy 2 Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy 2 Fairy Tern 10 Newell's Shear 120 most right at sunset in large flocks. Total Birds = 1118 Total Flocks = 5 (883) Feeding Flocks = 3 (833) Shear Pet = 673 Albatross = 1 Tern = 427 Tropicbird = 1 Booby = 10 Frigate = 10