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Location 25-57 N; 172-12W -> hisianski
Observer Crossin et. al. Date 16 June 1966 Time 0630 to 1410
Weather Clear calm most of day, developing very
raring as hisianski was approached.
Abundance Breeding
SPECIES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Nests Eggs Young Remarks
Laysan Albatross 5
Black-footed Albatross 15
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 863 all lightphase
Christmas I. Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Bonin I. Petrel 1
Phoenix I. Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel 2
Sooty Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird 18
White-tailed Tropicbird
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 29
Great Frigatebird 66
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Wandering Tattler
Sanderling
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Sooty Tern 266
Gray-backed Tern
Brown-winged Tern
Common Noddy 25
Hawaiian Noddy 8
Blue-gray Noddy
Fairy Tern 1
Pterodroma sp. 1
Tern sp. 300
Total Birds = 1600
Total Flocks = 15 (258)
Feeding Flocks = 2 (974)
Species = 12
shear Pet = 867
Albatross = 20
Tern = 600
Tropicbird = 18
Booby = 29
Frigate = 66