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Floors: 0620 6 Wedgetails
sitting on water
0715 5 Wedgetails
travelling
At 0500 dark phase Wedgetail landed on water.
Collected Field # 0565 - heavy molting.
2 other Wedgetails observed with missing flight feathers
At least 2 Darters + 2 Boobies observed moting.
All Wedgetails dark phase.
At 1527 2 Newell's seen flying very close together.
At 1802 a Petrel sp came within 25 yds of ship, All dark
brown with underside showing white splashes along
centerline. Typical petrel flight. Bill visible at close
range - small + dink - medium - large & chunky
called it Harold's Petrel ?