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Gould, P. J.
1964--At Sea
317
10 May
1147--2 Sooty Tern SE 50'
1208--1 Sooty Tern NW low
1214--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater NE
1215--1 Bulwer's Petrel SE
1230--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater N
1315--1 White-tailed Tropicbird S to 75'
1327--21 Sooty (?) Tern SE to 50'
change course to SW 1415
1428--300 plus or minus 25 Sooty Tern 4 collected
feeding flock
25 plus or minus Gray backed Terns
4 Sootys with
orange tags
35 plus or minus 4 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters
all light phase
3 Frigatebirds
1 Red-tailed Tropicbird--not feeding ( ) over flock
underway at 1615
1622--1 Sooty(?) Shearwater NE
1706--1 Sooty (?) Shearwater NE
1721--5 Sooty Tern NE to 20'
1745--2 Sooty Terns S 5'
1747--2 Sooty Tern S 10'
1759--1 Shearwater-Petrel NE
1858--2 Sooty T rn N 50'
1859--12 Sooty Tern NE to 30'
1900--Flock feeding big fish jumping
45 plus or minus 5 Sooty (?) Terns
10 plus or minus 3 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters