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Table 2: Sectional Breakdown of Eastern Pacific Grid Bird Populations, March 12-22, 1967
NORTH SECTION
No % of Grid Species total % of birds in North Section Birds per sq. linear mile.
CENTRAL SECTION
No % % B/sq. mi.
SOUTH SECTION
No % % B/sq. mi.
Black-foot Albatross* 33 68.8 14.0 .034 11 22.9 3.7 .009 4 8.3 2.4 .004
Laysan Albatross 0 2 66 .7 .001 1 34 .6 .001
Fulmar 9 100 3.8 .018 0 0
Sooty Shearwater 1 100 .4 .002
Fork-tailed Petrel 2 100 .8 .008 0 0
Leach's Storm Petrel 28 20.2 11.9 .113 63 45.3 21.4 .199 48 34.5 28.6 .176
Red Phalarope 0 196 67.4 66.7 1.242 95 32.6 56.5 .696
Pomarine Jaeger 2 100 .8 .004 0 0
Glaucous-winged Gull 3 75.0 1.3 .006 1 25.0 .3 .002 0
Herring Gull 107 90.0 45.4 .217 12 10.0 4.1 .019 0
Black-legged Kittiwake 29 100 12.3 .059 0 0
Rhinoceros Auklet 4 100 1.7 .032 0 0
Horned Puffin 1 100 .4 .008 0 0
Bird sp. 0 0 4 100 2.4 .008
Shearwater/ Petrel 1 34 .4 .002 0 2 66 1.2 .004
Sooty/Slenderbill 0 0 1 100 .6 .002
Pterodroma sp. 4 57.2 1.7 .008 2 28.6 .7 .003 1 1.2 .6 .002
Storm Petrel sp. 2 9.5 .8 .008 8 38.1 2.4 .022 11 52.4 6.5 .040
Jaeger sp. 1 100 .4 .002 0 0
Gull sp. 0 0 1 100 .6 .002
Alcid sp. 9 100 3.8 .072
Totals: 236 99.9 .593 295 100.0 1.497 168 100.0 .935
Total miles 247 316 273
* The total for Black-footed Albatross does not agree with the total number seen due to an allowance for birds following the ship.