ATF/SIC 1, Moctobi, February-March 1963
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2/8/63 Locality L Locality λ Time Species Remarks 21°40.5'N 160°06.3'W 0600 21°42.5'N 160°15.8'W 0630 B-f. Albatross Nihoa to starboard; 2 following ship 0700 0710 Laysan Albatross Passed on port 0712 Jaeger (?) Passed toward NE 0726 Sooty (?) 3 passed starboard going SW 0732 Sooty 3 going west 0735 " 1 going east 0738 Brown Booby 0740 Sooty Tern 7 going W 0745 Frigate 2 flying high, circling 0750 Brown Booby 3 flying E toward Nihoa 0755 " " 2 flying E toward Nihoa 21°44.8'N 160°25'W 0800 0805 Sooty Tern 2 flying E toward Nihoa 0815 B-f. Albatross 5 now following ship 0830 Laysan Alb. Off port side 0832 " " 2 off starboard 21°48'N 160°36'W 0900 0915 B-f. Albatross 6 now following ship - 1 way in front;=7 0918 Laysan Alb. Off starboard 0937 B-f. Albatross Only 3 following ship 0945 Grey-backed Tern (?) 3 crossed bow of ship 0948 Whale off starboard 100 yards, blew and broke water 21°53.2' 160°52.6'W 1000 Whale Directly in front of bow approx 1000 1005 " yards, blue 1007 " Passed on port 100 yards - broke water 1010 Laysan Alb. Off starboard-flying east 1019 Tern-like birds 3 flying east 1020 Whale Off bow 1028 Shearwater (?) 2 off port - headed SW 1045 Laysan Alb. Appear to be 2 off bow on horizon 1047 Laysan Alb. Following ship 21°56'N 161°03'W 1100 1109 B-f. Albatross 11 1110 Sooty Tern 2 headed NE, off starboard side 1120 B-f. Albatross 10 following ship 1120 Laysan Alb. 1 following ship