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Yellowlegs sp.
Totanus sp.
A bird circled the ship and departed southward. It was not identified
as to species.
Skua
Catharacta skua
A bird followed the ship briefly in section "T".
Pomarine Jaeger
Jaeger sp.
# Obs. = 9
# Obs. = 14
23
0 3 9
2 0 9
0 0 0
Jaegers are the most conspicuous element of the avifauna that still
appear to retain a transient-type status. The "coastal-crowding" dis-
distribution pattern has been consistently noted for Jaegers. Sixteen birds
were recorded on the 19th in "T" and "W".
Gull? sp.
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
# Obs. = 1
# Obs. = 5
0 2 1
0 0 3
0 0 0
# Birds observed per section
Five immature Herring Gulls were concentrated in the northeastern-
most third of the Grid. A poorly seen bird, following far back in the
wake, was thought to be a large Gull.
Alcid sp.
# Obs. = 2
A pair of small Alcids were flushed in "S".
# Obs.
Mourning Dove
Long-eared Owl
Water Pipit
Barn Swallow (imm)
Tree/Violet-Green Swallow
Starling (imm)
Western Meadowlark
White-crowned sparrow (imm)
Sparrow sp.
Audubon's Warbler
Passerine sp.
4 (2 coll.)
1
1
1
1
2
1 (coll.)
1
1
2
1
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