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14 March 1963
3rd page
1530
petrels ?
2 passed on port side
1535
blackfoot
following ship
"
haysan
"
"
1540
blackfoot
one astern
1548
no birds visible
1600
sooty tern
2-headed north
1610
blackfoot
following ship
1618
"
2nd astern
1624
"
3rd "
1626
"
4th "
1628
"
one shot
1640
"
only one astern
around ship for @ 5 min.
1703
booby
red-footed
? Imm., passed headed north, then hung
1712
booby
red-footed
adult passed astern
1712
blackfoot
one following astern
1715
"
2 "
"
"
haysan
one astern
1725
blackfoot
one astern now
1726
?
shearwater
passed astern, grayish back, whitish below, no wing bars
1730
blackfoot
2 astern
"
haysan
one "
1735
blackfoot
only one astern now
1745
?
shot, was headed south on starboard