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Nocturnal Obs
Location 05°57'N; 168°03'W - 05°22'N; 168°24'W
Observer Crossin Date 11 Oct 1968 Time 1858 to 2130
Weather Clear, fairly calm Miles Hours 3.5
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
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 1
Bulwer's Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 4 1 ad., 3 imm.
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Sm. Ptero. sp. 1
Total Birds 6
Total Sightings
Total Flocks
Total Species 2
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Location 04°45'N; 166°56'W - 05°57'N; 168°03'W
Observer Crossin Date 11 Oct 1968 Time 0555 to 1750
Weather Partly cloudy, sea with scattered white caps. Miles Hours 86 7,8
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 3 light phase, 3 dark phase.
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater 3
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel 2
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel 2
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 15
Bulwer's Petrel 1
Leach's Storm Petrel 1
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird 1
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 2
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover 2
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 11 adjs.
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
White-winged Petrel 1
Storm Petrel 1
Tropicbird = 1
Bobby = 2
Tern = 1
Shorebird = 2
Total Birds 51
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 1 PF 16
Total Species 13
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