Leewards 13, Shearwater, June 1966
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SI-MNR-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E DATE 9 June 1966 Pg. # 1 NOON POSITION: 24-49N; 169-17W time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 523 premiere 0523 BFA 2 following 0533 wedgetail 3 light C 0534 wedgetail 2 light - 1 col. D Hoff. 0544 wedgetail 1 @ light 0550 wedgetail 2 S light 0554 wedgetail 3 SE light 0657 Noddy 1 N 0557 Sooty Tern 1 S 0558 wedgetail 2 S right 0605 Bulwer's 2 E 0605 wedgetail 2 E light C 0605 Sooty Tern 2 one collected (Hoff) 0610 wedgetail 2 @ light 0605 BFB 1 following ad. FF 0620 wedgetail 2074 Sooty tern 15:55 Tropicbird sp 1 Frigate 1 ♀ 0628 wedgetail 2 S light + p 0633 petrel sp. 3 W light / 0642 Sooty Tern 3 SW ad. 0649 Larus A ( 0645 Sooty Tern 2 S ad 0646 Sooty Tern 4 @ circling high 0647 wedgetail 2 @ light. 0700 BFA 3 following Laysan ( 0701 wedgetail 2 @ light 0707 wedgetail 1 W light 0708 " 3 W " 0708 Bulwer's 1 cal FF 0715 Sooty Tern 30-5 A.S. Wedgetails 55-110 light phase feeding lightly, prey not Frigate sp 3 holding, entire assemblage of B. F. Booby 3 2ad, 1 imm. birds moving in haphazard Fairy Tern 2 fashion. From about 0700 wedgetails Bulwer's pet 1 could be seen moving into RFB 3 imm - the flock from all directions