Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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Location Hawland Island to 0-04 S; 178-09 W Observer Crossin et. al. Date 18 July 1966 Time 0805 to 1902 Weather Wind ca. 15 knots Sea rough heavy swells. Miles 117 Hours 10 hrs, 57 min. (657 min) SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 9 (1 light phase, 8 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 17 1 calls Bulwer's Petrel WR Storm Petrel 1 Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 1 ad. call. White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 5 1 blue streamer subad. Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Great Frigatebird sp. 8 Lesser Frigatebird 1 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sooty Tern 253 3 ad. calls Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern Fairy Tern Pomarine Jaeger Storm-Petrel = 1 Shear-Pet = 26 Tern = 253 Tropic bird = 2 Booby = 5 Frigate = 9 Total Birds 296 Total Sightings Total Flocks 11 (222) Total Species 7 Feeding Flocks: 2 (139) ST-MNH-11-1-66