Gould, Patrick J., 1963-1965
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Gould, P. J. 1964-- At Sea 314 8 May 1348--28 plus or minus ? Terns NE to 100' 1445--Flock feeding no flying fish to 55 plus or minus 2 [illegible] Sooty Tern 1456 5 Wedge-tails 1 Bulwer's Petrel? 1745--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird 100' 1754--3 Sooty Tern S 10' 1820--1 Shearwater-Petrel SW 1828--1 Sooty Tern NW 15' 2030--1 or 2 Sooty Tern NE 2037--1 or 2 Sooty Tern ? 2230--1 Sooty Tern NE ? 2335--5 Sooty Tern SW? 2347--2 Sooty Tern heard fairly constantly through 2345 May 9, 1964--Pacific Ocean, Grid Area 0020--Sooty Tern 0025-- Shorebird? heard "pee-up" 0030--Sooty Tern 2 NE? 0050--Sooty Tern 3-4 NE? 0051--Sooty Tern 1 0130--Sooty Tern 3-5 NE? 0145--Sooty Tern several birds calling every few minutes 0215--Sooty Tern nearly every five minutes 0220--Sooty Tern string of birds passing continuously for last 5 minutes going NE on both sides of ship ca. 20-30 birds 0245--Sooty Tern birds still continuously passing by, maybe 150-200 birds in last half hour