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p. 1 4 Feb 1963
TIME LOCALITY SPECIES REMARKS
2/4/63
1145 Brown Boddy LEAVING PEARL HARBOR SAW 2 BROWN BODDIES
ONE FLYING OVER HARBOR, ONE SITTING ON BOUY
1210 Black Foot. Alb. flew past ship, circled (?)
1215 [illegible] [illegible]
1218 [illegible] lit on water off port side
1227 Brown
Boddy
Frigate Bird
1228
1245 B.f. albatros approached ship, did not follow.
1305 B.f. albatros 2 now following
" 3 since 12:50
1320 jaeger
B.f. albatros 1/3 same as above
jaeger
1321 jaeger H mm
1322 2 more jaegers
arrived Total of 8 jaegers present, after slip
[illegible] slowed down they lit on water
1330 Jaeger
B.f. albatros 2 now present
[illegible] Shot 1 booted up? prefered him up.
[illegible] All others hovered over dead one
1332 jaeger Shot another
[illegible] all left after 2nd one was shot.
[illegible] total present lot count 11 jaegers + 3 b. albatros
approached.
1340 [illegible]
1345 [illegible]
1350 Sauan
allbatros past slip headed toward land
terms (?) too far to identify
[illegible] None into view in back of ship
1351 jaeger
1355 [illegible]
1405 jaeger 7 after ships garbage
1410 jaeger
1518 jaeger 3, after garbage