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At Sea Observations - U.S.S. Tawakoni - Raw Data - Oct. 5, 1963
Pacific Ocean, 3 days out of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
Observers: Sibley, Clapp, Bratley, Huber
0710
Observations begun
0725 Flock
Sooty Terns 85 ± 5 Flying generally NE
0733 Ruddy Turnstone 1
0802 Ruddy Turnstone 1
0815 Petrel-Shearwater? 1
0832 Wedgetail ?? 1
0915 Pt. species 1
0943 Pt. species 1
Wedgetail 1 Dark Phase
0947 R.T. Tropic Bird 1
0955 Pt. sp. 1 Too large for Bonin
1032 Golden Plover 1 Chirpping
1125 Pt. sp. 1
1132 Pt. sp. 1
1134 Pt. sp. 2
1222 Pt. sp. 1
White breast, dusky thru eye and cap of head, white neck, dark brown on upper wing with light streak, light across rump.
1450 Pt. sp. 1
1520 R.F. Booby 1 imm.
1526 R.F. Booby 1 imm. siiting on water.
1605 Masked Booby 1 imm.
1621 Pt. sp. 1
1657 Pt. sp. 1
1704 Pt. sp. 1
observations concluded.
Total 107 birds
1 flock (not mixed)
645 minutes observation time.