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Table 2: Sectional Breakdown of Eastern Pacific Grid Bird Populations, 19-24 April, 1967
NORTH SECTION CENTRAL SECTION SOUTH SECTION
No. % of Grid % of total birds No. % % B/sq. mi. No. % % B/sq. mi.
Species Total in North Section Birds/sq. mi.
Black-foot Albatross* 26 67 5.9 .020 13 33 1.7 .010 NOT SURVEYED
Laysan Albatross 1 100 .1 .001
Sooty Shearwater 16 89 3.6 .025 2 11 .3 .003
Leach's Storm Petrel 77 63 17.3 .236 37 37 4.7 .115
Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 100 .5 .003
Herring Gull 4 100 .9 .006
Western Gull 4 100 .9 .006
Sabine Gull 2 100 .5 .003
Short-billed Gull 1 100 .2 .002
Pomarine Jaeger 1 100 .2 .002
Long-tailed Jaeger 1 100 .2 .002
Red Phalarope 255 28 57.3 1.560 672 72 90.0 4.175
Black-bellied Plover 1 100 .2 .003
Xantus Murrelet 2 100 .3 .012
Bird sp. 4 100 .5 .006
Small Pterodroma 37 74 8.3 .057 13 26 1.7 .020
Storm Petrel sp. 10 83 2.2 .031 2 17 .3 .006
Shearwater/Petrel 5 100 1.1 .008
Gull sp. 1 100 .2 .002
Jaeger sp. 2 100 .5 .003
TOTALS 445 100.0 1.967 746 99.6 4.348
Total miles 327 322
* The total for the two sections may not agree with the grid total due to an allowance
for birds which followed from one section to another.