Kure, January 1966-July 1968

Abstract

This item refers to 3 field books of C. D. Hackman and Walter Bulmer from their work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Kure Island, 1967. Envelope 1 contains a field book by C. D. Hackman that includes field note entries; bird counts; seal counts; bird banding data (listing band numbers 615-08637 to 737-97873); and nest observations with measurements. Envelope 2 contains a second field book by C. D. Hackman that includes banding data (listing band numbers 597-45493 to 903-03489); observations of vegetation on Kure Island; and an illustration of an unknown grass species. Envelope 3 contains a field book by Walter Bulmer that contains shorebird counts; bird returns data (with band numbers 587-72354 to 903-13175); hand-drawn maps indicating nests with eggs; a field entry on Red-tailed tropicbird behavior; and an illustration of a bird.

Date Range

1967

Start Date

Mar 26, 1967

End Date

May 10, 1967

Access Information

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Topic

• Animals
• Bird banding
• Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
• Birds
• Plants
• Birds--Counting
• Ornithology
• Botany

Place

• Kure Atoll
• United States
• Hawaii

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes
• Botanical illustrations
• Maps
• Scientific illustrations

Accession #

SIA RU000245

Collection name

National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Physical Description

3 field books

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 39 Folder 3