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Flocks: 0729 6 Sooty Tern
travelling
Five Type B Harbirds today, also one
? Sooty Storm Petrel (0715) and one storm petrel sp.
One Black-footed Albatross followed all day.
Two sooty Tern sightings, 6 + 1 heading N+Nw.
Three more Pink-footed Shearwaters ? Same
as previous ones, 1 at 1129 heading SE + 2 at 1715
heading N.
Only 2 Sooty Shearwaters, individuals at 1801
+ 1826, latter heading N, former zigzagging back
and forth in front of ship.
at 1802 small white underneath shearwater,
petrel was presumed to be Bonin Is Petrel ? Not
well seen.
Absence day, more active morning & evening.
One more Red-tailed Tropicbird.
With wind behind our beam ride is smoother,
so we will try to collect tomorrow.