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last day before Samoa.
Location 11-175; 171-52W — 12-56S; 171-10W
Observer Crossin et. al. Date 28 July 1966 Time 0640 to 1516
Weather clear calm Miles 107 Hours 11 hrs. 36 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
Bulwer's Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird 1
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 13 light phase, rest darker
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 4
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Cook's Petrel 1 Shear Pet = 1
Tern = 4
Tropicbird = 1
Booby = 13
Total Birds 19
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 2 (15)
Total Species 4
FF = 0
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