Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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2nd day in S. Grid Location Howland Island To 1-04N; 178-05W H.R. 55. Observer Crossin et.al. Date 13 July 1966 Time 0800 to 1903 Weather Few Squalls, mostly cloudy - alternating clear. Sea calm. Miles 108 Hours 11 hrs. 02 min. (663 min) SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 39 all dark phase. 3 coll. Sooty Shearwater Slender-billed Shearwater 1 prob. slender-bill) Christmas Island Shearwater Newell's Shearwater Juan Fernandez Petrel White-necked Petrel Kermadec Petrel Phoenix Island Petrel /Tahitian 1 Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel 1 Bulwer's Petrel WED Storm Petrel 3 Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 51 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 7 Great Frigatebird 2 Lesser Frigatebird 17 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone 3 others coll. Sooty Tern 485 1 banded ad. 793-797/45 Haw.Feb. 65 Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern 1 Fairy Tern Storm Petrel = 3 Pomarine Jaeger Shear-Pet = 44 Pterodroma p. 2 Tern = 542 Frigate sp. 60 Tropicbird = 1 Shore bird sp. 2 Booby = 58 Tern sp. 56 Frigatebird = 79 Shore bird = 2 Total Birds 729 Total Sightings Total Flocks 11 (624) Total Species 13 Feeding Flocks 6 (546) ST-MNH-11-1-66