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Gould, P. J.
1963--At Sea
26
6 Aug
1025--1 Chrsitmas Island Shearwater heading SE
1033--1 Bonin Island Petrel heading SSE
1056--1 Bonin Island Petrel ?
1115--1 Sooty Tern heading SE 40' up
1124--1 Bonin Island?
1143--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater
1155--1 New Zealand Shearwater?
1200--change course heading c.a. 314 degrees WNW
1220--1 New Zealand IShearwater
1300--3/4 overcast, wind speed increasing; flock of birds heading N;
1 Tropicbird?; 25+ Sooty LTern ca 50'
2 Christmas Island Shearwaters with ( )
1315--New ZealandShearwater heading SE
1322--1 New Zealand Shearwater heading E
1327--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater (dark phase) heading NNW
1402--2 Sooty Tern heading NNW
1411--3 Christmas Island Shearwater sitting on H2O heading N
1440--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater head; ing WNW
1430--Moved out of heavy cloud cover into clear sky.
1500--2 Sooty Tern
1540--Bird?
1600--change direction
1613--Large milling flock of terns and shearwaters, no sign of what
they were feeding on; tendency for flock to drift SW
20+ Christmas Island Shearwater
5+ Wedge-tailed Shearwaters
1 Bonin Island Petrel