Ely, Charles A., 1963-1964
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5th day Location Pacific Ocean Observer Ely-Fleet-King Bratley-Currier Date Jan. 10, 1963 Time 0645 to 1845 Weather Calm sting NW winds (t 25 K) light swell (t 15 ft) heavy seas, partly overcast, very hazy. sea shore visibility very poor. Species Abundance Breeding 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ nests egts Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 3 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petro. Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sandpiling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern White-necked Petrel 1 total adults = 10 total chicks = 0 unlisted? 2 Storms ag 1 shearwater/petrel 1