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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)
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