National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 24 Folder 8
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Maps
Place:
Johnston Atoll
Sand Island
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Pearl and Hermes Reef
Hawaii
United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States
Date Range:
1963
Start Date:
19630527
End Date:
19630903
Abstract:
This item includes the photocopied field notes of A. Binion Amerson Jr. taken while observing and banding birds in 1963 as a part of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey. The entries are sequentially dated and observations are recorded in a narrative style. Observation and banding locations include: Pearl Harbor, Oahu; and CG Loran Station, Sand Island, Johnston Atoll. Also included are some hand drawn maps of Disappearing Island, East Island, Gin Island, Little Gin Island, Mullet Island, North Island, Trig Island, and Whale-Skate Island. Some maps indicate nesting locations of seabirds including Sooty Tern, Common Noddy, Grey-backed Tern.
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Accession #:
SIA RU000245
Access Information:
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