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June 4, 1963
09:35 - clearing harbor mouth
- Brown Booby - 2
09:58 - Wedge Tailed Shearwater
1004
1009 Common Noddy
1018 - Common Noddy + 3 grey-backed terns -> NE
1025 - 2 sooty terns -> NE
1029 wedge Tailed Shearwater - off Barbers Point
1034 common Noddy - Starboard
1035 2 common noddies - way off Starboard
1040 common noddy - Port side -> W
1043 " - Port side -> SW
1045 " - Starboard -> N
1051 wedge-tailed Shearwater - port
1058 sooty tern (6) + 1 off starboard
1059 " (4) + (3) -> NE
1100 " (6) sort of a continuous stream
1101 Small craft off starboard bow with many birds behind it.
Approx 40 common noddies
and 10 wedge-tailed shearwaters
20 wedge tails
40 sooties
1110 Approx 300 birds feeding off bow
3 to 1 ratio com. noddy to wedgetail
1 brown booby
1130 Red footed Booby off starboard