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Gould, P. J.
1964--At Sea
315
9 May 0300--Sooty Tern
0310--Sooty Tern
0325--Sooty Tern
0400--Sooty Tern
fewer birds SE or T, only 3 pairs in last 10 min.,
only occasional pair passing, 1 or 2
0430--none
0440--2 plus Terns
0445--2 Tropicbirds calling
0610--2 Tropicbirds calling ESE
0622--2 plus Sooty Terns heard calling
0641--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird 150'
plankton stop at 0715
underway at 0800
0845--1 Sooty (?) Shearwater NE 30'
1223--1 Bonin Island Petrel SW
1259--2 Sooty (?) Tern NE low
1303--2 Birds SW low
1317--1 Bulwer's Petrel NW low
Blackfish-type whale at 1337
1338--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird on water
1342--3 Sooty Terns F low
1417--3 Sooty Terns NE low
1443--1 Bulwer's Petrel SW low
1447--1 Sooty (?) Shearwater SW low
1543--2 Sooty Terns NNW low
1552--1 Sooty Tern SW 50'