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Locality L Locality λ Time Species Remarks
21° 35'20"N 159° 40'W 0600 B-f. Albatross Following ship
21° 35'20"N 159° 37'30"W 0645 " "
0700 " "
0715 " "
0730 " 6 following ship, set astern to feed
on garbage
21° 35'N 159° 37'45"W 0750 Sooty Tern Passed ship 150 yds on stbd. headed NW
35' 0800 Laysan Alb. 200 yds. off port
2; 1 miles off port; 2 spouts
0805 Sooty Tern 2; passed 200 yds. off stern heading N.
0826 Sooty Terns 2; passed stern headed NE
0830 B-f. Albatross 7; threw garbage over board, all lit
and ate tied bacon to line
0840 Sooty Tern 2; flying NW
21° 35'N 159° 35'45"W 0900 B-f. Albatross Caught 1 on hook and line (let go at
0910),(Band no 30001) (?)
0900 Laysan Alb. Flew by
0925 Sooty Tern 5; flew by on port side headed NW (?)
0935 Wh-tailed
Tropic-Bird
0936 Sooty Tern Off port
Approx. 30; some dark colored, going W.
0945 Sooty Tern Off Stern
0949 Sooty tern Flock approx. 20; off starbrd, approx.
300 yards
0949 Laysan Alb. Off port, approx. 300 yds.
0952 Sooty Tern 3 and 2; off strbd, feeding
0956 Frigate-Bird Past off stern
0959 Laysan Alb. Off stern, then passed port
21° 30.5'N 159° 24'W 1000 B-f. Albatross 8 sitting together on water, more follow-
ing. No known garbage spoils.
1045 Sooty Tern 3 crossed astern
21° 27'35"N 159° 14'W 1047 Sooty Tern
1100 Sooty Tern 3 heading NE
1108 Red-tailed
Tropic Bird
1128 Tern (?) Directly over ship, heading East
40 headed West
1156 Boobies 2; diving with above Terns
21° 26'N 159° 03'W 1200 Sooty Tern 3 passed on port side, feeding.
1207 Porpoise 1 broke water completely, off port side.
21° 23'N 158° 51'W 1300
1345 Ruddy Turnstone Approached from S, circled ship, headed N.