ATF/SIC 2, Tawakoni, June-July 1963
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1340--One Fairy Tern off starboard side headed northeast. 1350--One Bulwer's Petrel off bow. 1358--One Bulwer's Petrel off port side. 1415--No Albatross. Four Sooty Terns 1430--One Bulwer's Petrel. No Albatross. Sooty Terns off port bow--saw four. 1436--Three Sooty Terns, far off port side. 1445--No Albatross following ship. Two 1448--One Red-tailed Tropicbird flying overhead. Also one Bulwer's Petrel. 1457--Petrel off port side, headed east. 1458--Two Bulwer's Petrels, 200 yards off port. 1500--Zero Albatross. One Bulwer's Petrel. 1503--One Bulwer's Petrel off port bow. 1511--One Bulwer's Petrel off port side. 1513--One Bulwer's Petrel off port side, flying east. 1515--Two Sooty Terns, way off stern, flying north. Nor Albatross. 1518--Four Sooty Terns flying north off starboard side. 1519--One Bulwer's Petrel off starboard side., flying east. 1520--One Bulwer's Petrel off starboard side, flying east. Also, one Wedge- tailed Shearwater crossed our ship, starboard to port side. 1522--One Bulwer's Petrel off port side, flying east, very close. Two Sooty Terns flying east off starboard side. Also two Wedge-tailed Shearwaters off starboard bow. These crossed the bow headed southward. 1524--Another Sooty Tern off starboard headed east. 1525--Seven Sooty Terns off port side flying east. One Fairy Tern off starboard side along with one Bulwer's Petrel.