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Gould, P. J.
1964--At Sea
189
6 Jan
1412--1 Wedge-tail ENE
1413--1 Tropicbird S seen by Dut. crew
1435--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird 70' sat in water (not above)
1516--1 Wedge-tail ENE
1543--1 Harcourt's Storm Petrel NNE
1610--2 Frigatebirds 200'
1700--2 Black-footed Albatross following ship 1 collected
1732--1 Red-footed Booby juv. collected
1800--change time zone, set clocks back 1 hour
1716--2 Red-footed Booby 1 juv. and 1 ad.
1723--1 Harcourt's Storm Petrel SSW
1727--3 Red-footed Booby 2 same as at 1716--1 sub adult added
1777--1 Red-footed Booby sub adult 3 at 1727 still around, collected
observation secured 1750
A booby was trying for over 5 min. to land on ship just as it was
getting dark, ca. 1810.
January 2, 1964--Pacific Ocean, 5th day out Oahu, Hawaiian Islands
observation began 0540
0638--1 Tropicbird ENE 200'
0745--Flock--actively feeding very far out
3 Pterodroma
2 Shearwater-Petrel
0811--1 Wedge-tail SW
0858--1 White-tailed Tropicbird SW 100'
0903--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird W 250'