Howland Island 9-11 December 1966

Title Variants

Alternative: SIC 16 Howland, (Balcomb) 1966

Related Titles

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

Series: SIA RU000245

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Balcomb, Kenneth C., 1940-

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1966

Notes

The field book was created for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Southern Island Cruise 16, December 1966. The field book by Ken Balcomb relates to bird banding collected on Howland Island (listing band numbers 797-30510 to 797-30600). In the front of the book is an itinerary with time ranges for the 9-12 December. Return data is listed by type of bird and includes a variety of data. Sometimes ages, sex, and nesting status or whether source of blood samples. Counts of birds, nests and eggs also detail participant who counted.

Subjects

Bird banding , Field notes , Howland Island , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English