SIC observation check-lists November - December 1966 (SIC 16)

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Abstract

These are SIC #16 observation check-lists documenting birds seen November 4 - December 23, 1966, as part of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Sheets list location (latitude and longitude, sometimes name of island in vicinity), observer, date, time (started), time (ended), and weather (includes sea conditions). Below this information is a list of species followed by abundance (quantity), breeding (quantity), and remarks. Counts are totaled at the bottom of each sheet. On the verso of some sheets is flock data (time of day, quantity, type, sometimes behavior). Includes nocturnal observations. Locations include the vicinity of Oahu, Johnston Atoll, Samoa including Pago Pago, Phoenix [Rawaki], Enderbury Island.

Date Range

1966

Start Date

Nov 04, 1966

End Date

Dec 23, 1966

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Ornithology

Place

  • Enderbury Atoll
  • Johnston Island
  • Hawaii
  • American Samoa
  • Pago Pago
  • Oahu
  • Rawaki
  • North Pacific Ocean

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

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

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 151 Folder 13