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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