Ely, Charles A., 1963-1964
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11th day Location Pacific Ocean Observer Ely-Fleet-King-Brotley-Cunnir Date Dec. 13, 1963 Time 0715 to 1720 Weather High winds directly into bow, low seas-few whitecaps- partly cloudy-low swells. Abundance Breeding SPACES 1-10 10-100 100-1000 1000+ Males Eggs Young Remarks Laysan Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater 36 18 young; 2,2,2,8,10 Christmas I. Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Bonin I. Petrel 5 1,4 Phoenix I. Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Sooty Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Masked Booby 1 Brown Booby 1 Red-footed Booby 2 Great Frigatebird Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Wandering Tattler Sanderling Bristle-thighed Curlew Sooty Tern Gray-backed Tern Brown-winged Tern Common Noddy Hawaiian Noddy Blue-gray Noddy Fairy Tern Dark-ranged Petrel 1 tot. # 50 nr. flocks = 1 Shearwaters 29 3 petrels/shear 2