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Location McKean to 04°32'S; 173°29'W
Observer Crossin
Date 31 Oct 1968 Time 1245 to 1700
Weather
Miles 47
Hours 4.3
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater 5/56 1
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel 1
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel 2
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby 13
Brown Booby 3
Red-footed Booby 11
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird 90
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 521
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern 2
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Audubon's Shear
Blue-grey Noddy 1
Feeding Flocks = 1 (353)
Traveling Flocks = 3 (70)
Total Birds 648
Total Sightings [illegible]
Total Flocks 4 (625)
Total Species 11
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Location 06°14'S; 172°19'W - 08°25'-171°00'W
Observer Crossin
Date 1 Nov 68 Time 0645 to 1045
Weather
Miles 80
Hours 1130-1300
1630-1815
(7.3)
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater 56 2
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel 6
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 1
Bulwer's Petrel 1
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird 1
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird 1
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 48
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
White-winged Petrel 1
Long-tailed Jaeger 1
Large Pterod 1
Total Birds 93
Total Sightings 78
Total Flocks 2 (70) with True,
Total Species 9
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