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Gould, P. J.
1963--At Sea
Trevor and I share a room, Bob Fleet and Peter Marshall share a room and Bill
Wirtz has a double room to himself. Spent the rest of the day relaxing in
Waikiki. We are supposed to leave port about 1300 tomorrow. Everything
seems to be going very smoothly.
August 1, 1963--Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, Hawaii
Ship pulled out of berth at 1330 and headed towards mouth of harbor. Warm
calm day. Scattered cumulus clouds, but warm and very calm. Larger mass
of darker clouds to west as we pass through harbor. All is well!
1405--entrance to Pearl Harbor--No birds were seen within Harbor. It became
windy as we entered ( ) from Harbor. No rain, hot humid with scattered
cumulus clouds.
1415--Brown Booby, port.
1418--Brown Booby and white-tailed tropic bird--starboard land.
1425--Brown Booby starboard, away from land.
1427--Wedge-tailed Shearwater--heading south.
1442-50--Wedge-tailed shearwater heading south.
1538--Wedge-tailed shearwater heading east.
1538--Christmas Island shearwater (?) heading east
1545--Petrel (?) heading east.
1547--Wedge-tailed shearwater starboard.
1550--Red-tailed tropicbird, heading S.
1551--ootty tern towards Oahu.
1558--Bulwer's Petrel ( )
1558--Wedge-tailed shearwater.
1603--? small