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At Sea - General Notes
May - Scattered birds outside grid. Long
periods of few or no birds, then
numerous flocks, inside.
June - Marked contrast. Flocks down
inside grid, low no. of Sooty
Terns? Wedgetails. Almost no
Bobbies. Move into Pterodromas
on last 1/2-1/3 of legs - many
more than in May. Many Bulwers.
July - Flocks, Sooties and Wedgetails
still low in grid though latter
more numerous than in May.
Very few Bulwers. Bobbies still
low. Tropic birds increasing.
New birds -
May - Shna, Newells, Sooty Shear
June - Blue Grey Nitty
July - Kennerdic Paticl
May - Normal grid; 15 days
June - N to La Reunse (F.F.S.), down chain
July - Attempted came as June, turned
before F.F.S.