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Location Howland Island To To Howland Island.
Observer Crossin et.al. Date 20 July 1966 Time 0500 to 1737
Weather seas rough. Miles 972 Hours 9 hrs. 37 min.
(577 min)
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 4 all dark phase
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Kermodec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel [illegible] 1
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 9
Bulwer's Petrel
W R - Storm Petrel 7
Red-tailed Tropicbird 3
White-tailed Tropicbird
1 BS - Blue-faced Booby 54
Brown Booby 8
Red-footed Booby 3
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 1353 4 ad. call.
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern Term = 1355
Fairy Tern 2 Shear-Pet = 15
Pomarine Jaeger Tropic bird = 8
Pale-footed Shearwater 1 Booby = 66
Booby 50. Frigate 80. 11 Frigate = 11 Storm.Petrel = 7
Total Birds 1457
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 31 (1163)
Total Species 12
Feeding Flocks = 4 (446)
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