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Husted, Dayle N.
1964
The flocks seem to be headed mostly East or North. In one flock there
was seen two Fairy Terns. A petrel (?) was seen this evening that had
all dark underwings. It was about the size of a Juan Fernandez Petrel,
but it flew more like a Cook's Petrel. Another of the Cook's type
with all dark underwings was seen also today. Warren thought he saw a
slender billed shearwater, but wasn't positive. He said somehow it
looked different than aSooty Shearwater. He did not see the underwings.
Many Cook's Petrels were seen sitting on the water. About 85 percent
or more of the Sooty Terns are immature.
October 6 --The sea was calm to moderate today, the sky was partly
cloudy. Most of the birds seen today were seen in the morning and
up until the middle of the afternoon. Two flocks were seen today.
Most of the birds seen today were Cook's Petrels, Juan Fernandez,Petrel
and Sooty Shearwaters. The Sooty Shearwater numbers dropped off this
afternoon. At 1120 I saw a petrel ? that was brown on head, neck
wings, back, and under tail, the breast was white. It was probably a
Phoenix Island Petrel, but there is the possibility that it was a
Schlegels Petrel. One Kermadec Petrel was seen today that had a light
grey head.
October 7--The sea was calm; it was cloudy this morning and clearing
this afternoon. The birds were fewer in numbers today. Many Golden
Plovers were seen. One flock of 24 circled the ship several times. The
larger flocks of Plovers seen to fly higher than the smaller flocks or
just one or two birds which seem to fly right over the water. This