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Husted, Dayle N.
1964
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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.