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 152 Folder 16
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
North Pacific Ocean
United States
Alaska
Attu Island
Aleutian Islands
Agattu Island
Date Range:
1964
Start Date:
19640924
End Date:
19641012
Abstract:
These are observation check-lists documenting birds seen September 24 - October 12, 1964, as part of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Sheets list location (latitude and longitude or island in vicinity), observer, date, time (started), time (ended), and weather (includes sea conditions). Observer is Max Thompson. There are also notes on distance. Below this information is a list of species followed by abundance (quantity), breeding (quantity), and remarks. There are totals for birds at the bottom of sheets. Locations includes Attu and Agattu Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
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