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King, Warren B.
1964
April 13--Six Bulwer's Petrels today and one ? One was flushed from
water and set again on surface 150 yards from ship. Wedgetail noted
in above individual. Numerous Sooty Terns 120+ 15 including four
feeding flocks at least one of which was feeding on skipjack. A dark
bodied, white headed tern seen. Didn't look like noddy. More like
immature Sooty with mature Sooty head.
A flock of twelve Wedgetail Shearwaters in with fifty Sooty Terns
feeding or skipjack. Six other individuals; all were light phase.
Sooty Shearwaters seen today, only nine and for a short space of
time 0656 to 0717. White rump not observed on any of the three storm
petrels seen today, but they were only seen imperfectly. One frigate seen
alone, a female adult.
AT 1345 an immature Red-footed Booby circled ship several times
as if interested in roosting for night.
One flock contained 30+ 5 Sooty Terns, one plus Wedgetails, two
plus shearwater/petreis, one of which was all dark, and a storm petrel.
April 14--Three Bulwer's Petrels today, one in company of Harcourt's
Storm Petrel Type B. One feeding flock of Sooty Terns, 40+ 10 seen at
a distance.
Two Newell's Shearwaters both clearly seen, unmistakable in black-
white contrast and flightpattern. A Masked Booby followed for several
hours today, putting on a fancy diving exhibit, going out of sight
underwater on one occasion, appearing several seconds later with fish.
Bird was brown headed and brown uppernecked with heavy brown splotching
on back. Dived both from very oblique angle and straight down from
50+ feet with no attempt to slow down.