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Location 03°57'N; 169°10'W — 01°58'N; 170°37'W
Observer Crossin Date 12 Oct 1968 Time 0601 to 1715
Weather Partly cloudy, Sea med calm Miles Hours 8.8
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 3 2 Lk. Ph., 1 Lk. Ph.
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel 1
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel 3 Two almost certainly Ph. Tr.
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 4
Bulwer's Petrel
Wilson's Storm Petrel 6/4 Almost certainly Shearwaters.
Red-tailed Tropicbird 4
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 5 all Tern.
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 9 all ad's.
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern 1
Fairy Tern 5
Pomarine Jaeger
Pterodroma sp. 6
Mottled Petrel 4
Long-tailed Jaeger 2
Shear-Pet = 21
Storm Petrel = 4
Tropicbird = 4
Booby = 5
Tern = 15
Jaeger = 2
Total Birds 51
Total Sightings Feed. Fl. 1 (5)
Total Flocks 2 (12)
Total Species 12
Location 00°01'S; 171°56'W — 02°07'S; 173°03'W
Observer Crossin Date 13 Oct 1968 Time 0606 to 1100
Weather Miles 54 Hours 4.9
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6 all dark ph.
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel 1
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 1
Bulwer's Petrel
Wilson's Storm Petrel 1
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby 1
Great Frigatebird 8
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 21 59 58.5m.
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern 6 Shear-Pet = 8
Pomarine Jaeger Storm Petrel = 1
Frigate 15 Bothy = 1
Long-tailed Jaeger 2 Frigate = 23
Tern = 21/65
Jaeger = 2
Feeding Flocks = 8 (1982)
Traveling Flocks = 7 (24%)
Total Birds 2200
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 15 (2189)
Total Species 9