Husted, Dayle N., 1964
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Husted, Dayle N. 1964 51 Petrel. It had a lighter back, white on the underwings was narrower, and there was a dark patch on the abdomen. The bird arced up much higher than the Cook's Petrel. One that I saw went up as high as a Sooty Shearwater. The flocks that were seen today were composed mainly of Sooty Terns, Juan Fernandez Petrel, and Cook's Petrels. They were fairly small. The Sooty Shearwaters were still heading south which is to be expected. The Cook's Petrels and Juan Fernandez were flying more normally (or like a petrel should) but that may have been due to the fairly high wind (20 knots). The birds except for the Sooty Shear- waters seemed to be going in about any direction. Most of the Juan Fernandex Petrel seemed to be going in a generally southern direction. I saw one all dark storm petrel this morning. I think it could have been a Sooty Storm Petrel. October 14, 1964--The sea was moderate and choppy and the sky was partly cloudy all day. The number of sightings went down today. One large flock was seen today. It contained Sooty Terns, A Fairy Tern, Juan Fernandez Petrel, Cook's Petrels, and Shearwater-Petrels. Some of the Shearwater-Petrels were all dark. In one of the smaller flocks seen today there were four Fairy Terns. Fewere Sooty Shearwaters were seen today. Warren saw another Mottled Petrel today. He also saw two all dark Petrels. They flew too much like a Petrel to be called Park Wedgetails. This afternoon I saw a jaeger sp. It was all dark, no barring was seen, the central tail feathers were painted and fairly long.