Antartica field notes, v1468
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Maley 1960 Oceanitic oceanic Nov. 6 Hallett Station. One of the Hawaiian keep reported seeing a Wilsons petrel last night flying in camp. He described it well, 'small, dark, erratic flight pattern. Nov. 21 On visit to cliffs across the bay saw no live wilson petrel but found the carcasses of 2. One a fully fledged young bird was found with its head sticking from a small burrow the mouth of which was no more than 3x3 inches. Don Daughles found a downy young among the rocks at another point. Both of these were high up on the petrel cliffs near the top in fact + among the snow petrels. Nov. 29 Saw one bird at the petrel cliffs today Flying about one section of the cliffs 4-5 hundred feet up from the bay. It was quite attached to one small segment of the cliff face. Also saw a fresh tuft of one days nest in the shrubbery. Duing reported finding fresh pellets with Wilson remains in them. Dec 1 Several seen late in evening flying singly-low- heading toward open water; 1c ME. Dec 4 One flew over roohey, low, heading out to sea