King, Warren B., 1963-1964
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flocks 0612 20±5 Sooty Terns 0715 5 petrel sp. feeding 30±5 shear/petrels feeding? 1432 8 Sooty Terns 1546 300±200 Sooty Tern feeding 2 Wedge-tail feeding 700±100 shearwater/petrel 5 Dive-jumped P. 2 White-necked P. 1 Bonin Elop. 1625 50±5 Sooty Tern 15±5 shear/petrel All wedge-tails seen were bright, but some birds in flocks could have been duds. All Dive-jumped + White-necked Petrels molting 1 Bonin not molting - nest molting At 0924 saw first Sooty Shear of course, heading NW but not flying in typically long arcs. A molting Bonin + White-necked were flushed from water. Slightly too much swell for standing on bow.