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flocks 0732 125±25 Sooty Tern
45±10 Wedgetail
feeding 2 Frigate
0932 75±10 Sooty Tern
feeding 40±10 Wedgetail
1 Dark-rumped P.
1010 85±5 Sooty Tern
feeding 25±10 Wedgetail
1142 8 Sooty Tern
feeding 5 Wedgetail
1151 25±5 Sooty Tern
feeding 10 Wedgetail
8 Petrel sp.
1400 250±50 Sooty Tern
feeding 75±25 Shearwater/petrel
1 Frigate bird
1550 85±5 Sooty Tern
feeding 4 Fairy Tern
10±15 Wedgetail
At 0743 watch for brown shearwater/petrel
with light patches undergoing, underparts medium
to light brown - not wedgetail.
At 0932 molting Dark-rumped Petrel joining feeding
flock
Many feeding flocks today must be rich area.