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Gould, P. J.
1963--At Sea
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1822--Bulwer's Petrel stern to port
1830--White-breasted shearwater heading NW
1845--Bulwer's Petrel stern to port
1848--Wedge-tailed Shearwater on water ( )
1900-1902--Dark-rumped Petrel (?) starboard to port
1915--Wedge-tailed Shearwater (?) port to starboard
191 --Wedge-tailed Shearwater
1922--Bonin Island Petrel (?)
Ca. 2200 tropicbird (?)
Ca 2300 3 terns (heard)
The preceding bird identifications of Bonin Island Petrel and Dark-rumped
Petrel are not to be trusted. They may have been either of these species or
even Manx Shearwaters. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters are easily recognized as are
the tropicbirds and Boobies. Bulwer's Petrel and Christmas I sland Shearwaters
are also hard to tell apart at this stage and these observations should be
looked at with the proverbial grain of salt until we get to know them better.
We have not hit any rough weather and we are getting excellent cooperation
from the personnel of the ship.
Sunset--1913.
August 2, 1963--1½ days out of Pearl Harbor in S and W course on ( )
We have set up a schedule of watches for this trip:
Time Wirtz Gould Fleet Marshall Trevor
0600-0800 X X X
0800-1000 X X
1000-1200 X X X