Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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1st day in Grid. Location Howland To Baker To Howland. 0647 0656 Observer Crossin et. al. Date 12 July 1966 Time 0907 to 1220 Weather clear, calm. Miles 76 Hours 5hrs 58min. (358 min) SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Layson Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1 dark phase Sooty Shearwater Slender-billed Shearwater Christmas Island Shearwater Newell's Shearwater Juan Fernandez Petrel White-necked Petrel Kermadec Petrel Phoenix Island Petrel Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Leach's Storm Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 17 Brown Booby 5 1 Blue Streamer Noted.(9919) Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird 57 Species Lesser Frigatebird 6 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sooty Tern 2244 Gray-backed Tern Common Nodd y Tern 12 Shear-Pet = 1 Fairy Tern Tern = 2256 Pomarine Jaeger Booby = 24 Frigate = 63 Total Birds 2344 Total Sightings Total Flocks 30 (2058) Total Species 7 Feeding Flocks = 9 (1535) B5 ST-MNH-11-1-66