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Leach's Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
.527 .710 .094
.011 .292 .274
.000 .023 .038
Linear density per section
A southward moving population was present during the survey of the
northern third of the Grid, but had evidently passed through the Grid
area by the end of the survey. Ten birds were found associated with a
pair of Killer Whales on 17 November. The birds were evidently feeding
on the remains of some unidentified prey that the whales had taken.
Only one dark-rumped bird was noted during the survey. With greater
than 95 percent certainty all Storm Petrels sighted were Leach's.
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
Tropicbird sp.
Two Red-bills (1 adult, 1?) were seen in Section V on the 20th. A
poorly seen bird, thought to have been a Red-tail, was seen in the south-
west division on the 22nd.
Pintail
Anas acuta
The single sighting was of a flock of 32 birds flying south in
Section S on the 16th.
Oldsquaw
Clangula hyemalis
A single female circled the ship on 21 November in Section Z. This
constitutes the first sight record for the Grid area.
Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala
A single calling bird investigated the ship briefly on the 16th in
the northeast subsection (T).
Red Phalarope
Phalarope sp.
.000 .056 .531
.000 .190 2.895
.000 .039 .000
Linear density in each section
The Phalarope concentrations during the previous survey (31 October
# Obs. = 174
# Obs. = 2
# Obs. = 1
# Obs. = 32
# Obs. = 1
# Obs. = 1
# Obs. = 252
# Obs. = 38
Total 290