Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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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