Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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Ist day in Southern Grid. Location Howland -> Baker-> Howland Observer Crossin et.al. Date 14 Aug Time 0830 to 1855 Weather Clear NE wind Miles 27-0 Hours 10 hr 25 min 68 (625 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/TAH. 1 Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel 9 Bulwer's Petrel Leach's Storm Petrel/WRSF 2 Red-tailed Tropicbird 4 White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 33 Brown Booby 31 Red-footed Booby 6 Great Frigatebird sp. 146 Lesser Frigatebird 86 Golden Plover 4 Ruddy Turnstone Sooty Tern 1065 Ad. 10 coll., 1 Banded 843-38286 Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern Fairy Tern Terns 1065 Pomarine Jaeger Shear-pet. 10 Wandering tattler 1 Storm-pet. 2 Booby 42 Frigate 232 Tropic-bird 4 Shorebird 5 Total Birds 1360 Total Sightings Total Flocks 20(1148) Total Species 11 Feeding Flocks 7 (861) ST-MNHR-11-1-66