Leewards 13, Shearwater, June 1966
date: label: Date Range
content: 1966
label: Start Date
content: 19660602
label: End Date
content: 19660630
notes: label: Abstract
content: This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1966 on the Leeward Islands survey no 13, aboard the U.S.N.S. Shearwater T-AG 177. The cruise left from Oahu (Hawaii) and continued to Laysan Island, French Frigate Shoals before ending in Kauai. Materials include: bird observation sheets, fix data sheets, and climatological data sheets. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., hgt., remarks, and noon position. Remarks include physical descriptions of birds (colors, size, maturity), flock size, and behavior (sitting on water, feeding, etc.). Additional bird observation data include counts for: total flocks, feeding flocks, traveling flocks, total birds, and bird counts by species. Fix data sheets include date, time and position data, distance data, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude. Climatological data includes time, lat., long., pres wea, vis, slp, dry b, wet b, dew pt, hum%, tl sky, opa sky, waves, sea temp, wind s, wind d, course, speed. Also included is a typed report.
place: label: Place
content: North Pacific Ocean
label: Place
content: Oahu
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Laysan Island
label: Place
content: French Frigate Shoals
label: Place
content: Kauai
topic: label: Topic
content: Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Birds--Counting
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content: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
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content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU000245
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 130 Folder 7