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3rd DAY
Location 15-08 N; 162-02 W - 13-16 N; 163-18 W
Observer Crossin
Date 09 Oct 1968 Time 0539 to 1739
Weather North, cloudy, few squalls. Miles 99 Hours - 1100-1700
Sea rough, a big bird last two hrs.
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Layton Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2 2 dark ph.
Sooty Shearwater/56 1
Stender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel 19
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 21
Bulwer's Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel 4 2 ad, 1 Im, 1?
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover 4
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 26 all ads.
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern 1
Pomarine Jaeger
White-winged Petrel 2 Slaar-Pet - 48
Pteron. 80. 3 Tropicbird - 4
Tern - 27
Shore bird - 4
Total Birds 83
Total Sightings Feeding Fl. 2 (25)
Total Flocks 3 (38)
Total Species 9
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4th DAY
Location 11° 25' N; 164° 35' W - 09° 36' N; 165° 46' W
Observer Crossin
Date 10 Oct 1968 Time 0547 to 1700
Weather Heavy squalls most of day. Miles 71 Hours - 1100-1700
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Layton Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 3 dark phase.
Sooty Shearwater 17
Scoty/Stender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel 12
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 13
Bulwer's Petrel 2
WR Leach's Storm Petrel 1
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird 1
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 3 ads.
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Pteronoma 80. 5 Shear-Pet = 60
White-winged Petrel 2 Storm Pet = 1
Mottled Petrel 5 Tropicbird = 1
Tern = 3
Shorebird = 1
Total Birds 66
Total Sightings Feeding Fl. 1 (8)
Total Flocks 2 (14)
Total Species 11
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