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Nocturnal
6th night in Southern Gvl
Location 0-12N; 175-38W) To Howland Island
Observer Balcomb et al.
Date 17-18 July 1966 Time 1857 to 0648
Weather winds up to 20 knots. Miles 95 Hours 11 hrs 51 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 4 1 call. flew aboard ship
Bulwer's Petrel
WR Storm Petrel 3
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 1
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 202
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Pterodroma hypoleuca 1
Shear-Pet 2
Shear-Pet = 7
Storm-Petrel = 3
Booby = 1
Tern = 202
Total Birds 213
Total Sightings
Total Flocks (6)(52)
Total Species #
ST-MNH-11-1-66