ATF/SIC 2, Tawakoni, June-July 1963
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AT SEA RECORDS - JUNE 1963 - Leewards June 4, 1963--0935--Clearing harbor mouth. Two Brown Boobies sitting on buoy. 0958--Sighted Wedge-tailed Shearwater. 1004--Wedge-tailed Shearwater off port. 1009--Common Noddy off port. 1018--Common Noddy and three Gray-backed Terns flying northeast. 1025--Two Sooty Terns flying northeast. 1029--Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Grinnell off Barber's Point. 1034--Common Noddy, starboard side. 1035--Two Common Noddies, way off starboard. 1040--Common Noddy, port side, flying west. 1043--Common Noddy, port side, flying southwest. 1045--Common Noddy, starboard, flying north. 1051--Wedge-tailed Shearwater, off port. 1058--Seven Sooty Terns off starboard. 1059--Seven Sooty Terns off starboard, flying northeast. 1100--Six Sooty Terns off starboard. It appears that the Sooty Terns are sort of in a continuous stream, flying toward the northeast. 1101--Small craft off starboard bow, with many birds behind it. There are approximately forty Common Noddies, and ten Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, which are feeding in the water. 1110--Approximately 300 birds feeding off the bow, very close. There appears to be a 3:1 ratio of Common Noddies to Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. One Brown Booby sighted. 1130--Red-footed Booby off starboard. 1200--We went for lunch and didn't return until 1400. 1421--One Wedge-tailed Shearwater was sighted off port, going southeast. 1450--An I.S.T. passed us going toward Pearl Harbor. We were interested, and