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flcres: 1126 10 Sooty Tern 1700 300±50 Sooty Tern
6 Wedgetail 100±25 Wedgetail
feeding 2 Bmll Ds P. feeding 1 Dark-muged P.
1 Darl-muged P. Fregate
Fairy Term
Pomarine Jaeger?
1,735 100±25 Sooty Tern 1800 35±5 Sooty Tern
feeding 50±25 Wedgetail feeding 25±10 Wedgetail
2 Fregate
1811 3 Sooty Tern 1814 250±50 Sooty Tern
travelling 2 Wedgetail feeding 75±25 Wedgetail
1 Darl-muged P.
1818 100±50 Sooty Tern 1950 100±25 Sooty Tern
feeding 50±25 Wedgetail feeding 25±10 Wedgetail
1856 6 Sooty Tern
travelling 3 Wedgetail
Many Wedgetails sitting on water - up to 6 following ship for short periods.
One Dark-muged P. molting - molt in new plumage.
Several Bonis in new plumage.
At 1458 4 Wedgetails not in water, eating close to ships.
One bird something in its bill resembled squid - kept
diving head under and pulling at something.
1700 1 Sooty Tern # 0506 Adult
1 Wedgetail # 0507 FLS band # 615-15018
1 Fregate # 0509 Adult or .
Pomarine Jaeger? in flock - chasing sooty Tern
near where wedgetail was observed.
Fairy Term seen feeding - splashed into water like
Sooty Tern. collected Sooty Tern had fresh
squid in its gorge.
1700 flcres had 4-5 lbs shipjacks underneath.