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At Sea Observations - U.S.S. Tawakoni - Raw Data Oct.3, 1963
Pacific Ocean, 1 day out of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
Observers 1st watch : Clapp, Sibley, Huber
2nd watch : Clapp, Huber.
1045 Left harbour
1106 Frigatebird 1
1107 Frigatebird 1
1111 Anous sp? 1 dark above, below, steady tern like flight
1114 Frigatebird 2
1114 Wedgetail 1
1118 Wedgetail 1 white tail
1122 RF Booby 1
1122 Wedgetail 1
1123 Frigatebird 1
1145 Frigatebird 1 glimpsed too briefly for identification. Possibly had a white rump.
1208 Bird sp? 1
1230 observations concluded.
1620 observations begun.
1620 Brown Booby 1
1630 Wedgetail 1
1631 Bonin Petrel 1
1631 Wedgetail 1
1637 Bird sp? WT? 3
1641 Bird sp? 1
1645 Bonin Petrel 1
1646 Pterodroma sp? 1
1655 Bulwers? 1 about same size as above, suggested Bonin very fast wing beat.
Bird sp? 1 either a dark phase WT or a Christmas Is. S.
1659 ? Bird ? 1
1700 Bird sp. 1
1707 Bird sp. 2
1808 Bonin Petrel 1
1744 Wedgetail 1 dark phase
1749 Wedgetail 1
1756 Wedgetail 2
1802 Wedgetail 1
1812 Wedgetail 1
1818 RF Booby 1
1820 observations concluded.
Between 4 and quarter after 4, 2 WT Tropic birds were seen.
Total 36 birds
0 flocks.
Observation time 225 minutes.