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Location 9-58 N; 168-04 W - 8-20 N; 169-43 W.
Observer Crossin et al. Date 9 July 1966 Time 0557 to 1840
Weather Clear, seas mod. vaugh, Miles 138 Hours 12 hrs 49 min.
swells ca. 3-4'
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Layson Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 561 (6 light phase, 555 dark phase (2/3 call.)
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater 1
Juan Fernandez Petrel 5
White-necked Petrel 1
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 4
Bulwer's Petrel 1
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird 3 (1 ad. call.)
White-tailed Tropicbird 1
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 24 (imm. coll.)
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern 3
Pomarine Jaeger
Solander's Petrel? 1 Shear-Pet = 578
Pterodroma sp. 2 Tern = 27
Tropicbird sp. 1 Tropicbird = 5
Shear Pet 2
Total Birds 610
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 5 (548)
Total Species 10
Feeding Flocks = 2 (529)
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