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DATE 22 Aug 64
Pg.# 1
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0530 Begin Obs
0558 Woodpeck 2 SW
0604 Bulwers P 1 NW
0611 Wedgetail 2 NW
0616 Bulwers P 1 W
0617 Bulwers P 2 NW
0618 Wedgetail 4 W
Bulwers P 5
Storm Petrel 2
No. flock.
Small dark, flew very erratic, long wingspant.
0628 Wedgetail 50 W
Bulwers P 37
No. flock.
may have been seen Sooty Storm Petrels
0632 Sooty Tern 1 N
0634 Wedgetail 12 N
Bulwers P 5
No. flock.
0635 Tern sp? 3 N
Looks like a miniature noddy Tern, flies with Bluegrey nearby
contend wing beats, grey underneath
0637 Wedgetail 8 NW
Bulwers P 10
2 Dark.
NW flock
55 P 2
0638 Wedgetail 19 NW
Bulwers P 15 No. fleck?
Sooty Tern 1
0642 Wedgetail 9 NW
Bulwers P 8 No. flock
Blue grey nearby
0646 Wedgetail 87 NW No. flock
Bulwers P 71 Head light, underneath light, wings & back dark
Bill black and straight.
0647 Tern sp? 2 NW
0650 Wedgetail 94 NW No. flock
Bulwers P 82
0652 Tern sp? 3 Blue grey nearby
0658 Wedgetail 72 NW
Bulwers P 41 No. flock
0659 Tern sp? 1 N
0700 Wedgetail 98 NW
Bulwers P 67 No. flock
Tern sp? 4 think These are a Tern now Bluegrey nearby
Sooty Tern
almost all birds shedding South