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Gould, P. J.
1963--At Sea
61
6 Sept 1435--1 White-tailed Tropicbird heading NE 150'
1441--1 Wedge-tail heading S
1451--1 White-tailed Tropicbird heading NE 150'
1500--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird heading SW 150'
1 Red-tailed Tropicbird he ding NE (joined first
1506--3 White-tailed Tropicbird heading E 150-200'
1542--1 Frigatebird of heading E 1000'
1543--2 Whit e-tailed Tropicbird ~~~> W 300'
1553--Flock heading E
10 plus/minus Wedge-tail
5 plus/ minus Bonin Island Petrels
125 plus/minus 5 Terns
1 Frigatebird
Terns drop to water, then rise,
possibly feeding on intermittently
rising fish; shearwaters and
petrels stream along suddenly
stopping and milling about
1559--1 Wedge-tail heading S
1622--1 Frigatebird
1630--1 Shearwater heading E
1639--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird heading SW 20-100'
*1643--1 Puffinus assimilis heading SSE
1656--3 Tern
1717--1 Frigatebird feeding? ? or immat. heading E 200' flew down and hit water
1753--1 Wedge-tail? he ding ESE
1759--1 Bird
1811--1 Wedge-tail heading S
1819--1 Shearwater heading ESE
1824--2 Bulwer's Petrels heading S and NE