# Obs. = 1 
8 
Yellowlegs sp. 
Totanus sp. 
A bird circled the ship and departed southward. It was not identified 
as to species. 
Skua $ Obs. = 1 
Catharacta skua 
A bird followed the ship briefly in section "T n . 
Pomarine Jaeger 
Jaeger sp. 
# Obs. = 9 
# Obs. = Ik 
23 
0 3 9 
209 
0 0 0 
Jaegers are the most conspicuous element of the avifauna that still 
appear to retain a transient-type status. The "coastal-crowding” dis¬ 
tribution pattern has been consistently noted for Jaegers. Sixteen birds 
were recorded on the 19th in "T" and 
Gull? sp. 
Herring Gull 
Larus argentatus 
# Obs. = 1 
# Obs. =5 
0 2 1 
0 0 3 
0 0 0 
# Birds observed per section 
Five immature Herring Gulls were concentrated in the northeastern- 
most third of the Grid. A poorly seen bird, following far back in the 
wake, was thought to be a large Gull. 
Aleid sp. # Obs. = 2 
A pair of small Alcids were flushed in "S". 
# Obs. 
Mourning Dove ^ (2 coll.) 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Water Pipit 1 
Barn Swallow (imm) 1 
Tree/Violet-Green Swallow 1 
Starling (imm) 2 
Western Meadowlark 1 (coll.) 
White-crowned sparrow (imm) 1 
Sparrow sp. 1 
Audubon’s Warbler 2 
Passerine sp. 1 
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