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Flocks
1155 6 RFD TF
1758 9 RFB 55 ST 4 TF
1st day N. Samoa.
Location Pago Pago, Tutuila — 13-02 S; 170-48W
Observer Crossin et. al. Date 2 Aug 1966 Time 1045 to 1816
Weather sea scrugla. Miles 84 Hours 7hrs, 31min
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Scoty 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 7
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 92 mostly dark or misty places.
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern 211
Fairy Tern 40
Pomarine Jaeger
Haw. Noddy 30 Shear Pet = 0
Tern = 281
Tropicbird = 7
Booby = 92
Total Birds 380
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 3 (370)
Total Birds