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4 February 1963
Sea Records
Time Locality Species Remarks
1145 brown booby leaving Pearl Harbor, saw one flying,
one sitting on buoy
1210 bf albatross flew past ship, circled (?)
1215 bf albatross following ship
1218 jaeger flew by port side, lit on water
1220 jaeger 2 sitting on water, starboard
1227 21° 17.9' N brown booby flying
157° 57.4' W
1228 " frigate flying
1245 bf albatross approached ship, didn't follow
1305 bf albatross 2 now following
1305 jaeger 3 since 1250
1320 bf albatross 1 following
1320 jaeger 3 following
1321 jaeger 4 now following
1322 jaeger 6 now following
1330 21° 03.9' N jaeger 8 now following, as ship slowed down
158° 07.4' W they lit on water
1332 bf albatross 2 now following
1340 jaeger shot 1, backed up to pick it up,
others hovered over dead one
1345 jaeger shot 2nd one
1350 jaeger all left after 2nd one shot, total
last count was 11
1350 bf albatross all left after 2nd bird killed,
total last count was 3
1351 laysan approached ship but did not come
close
1355 terns (?) passed ship headed toward land, too
far to identify