Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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5th day in Southern Grid Location Howland Island To 1-00N ; 175-39W) Observer Crossin et. al Date 16 July 1966 Time 0830 to 1854 Weather Mostly clear, wind ca. Miles 86 Hours 10 hrs. 24 min. 12 Knots. Clouds on horizon. (624 min) SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 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 2 Bulwer's Petrel Leach's Storm Petrel 2 Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 1 call. White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 13 Brown Booby 4 Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird Lesser Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sooty Tern 387 4 call. Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern Fairy Tern Pomarine Jaeger Pterodroma hypoleuca 2 Tern = 387 Pterodroma so. 1 Shear-Pet= 6 White-rumped Storm Petrel 7 Tropicbird = 2 Shear-Pet 1 Booby = 16 Frigate yo. 16 Frigate = 16 Storm Petrel = 9 Total Birds 436 Total Sightings Total Flocks 13 (340) Total Species 7 Feeding Flocks = 6 (231) ST-MNR-11-1-66