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At Sea Observations - U.S.S. Tawakoni - Raw Data - Oct. 6, 1963
Pacific Ocean 4 days out of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
Observers: Sibley, Clapp, Bratley, Huber.
0630 Observations begun
0630 R.F. Booby 2
0635 R.F. Booby 1
0640 R.F. Booby 2
0715 Shearwater or petrel 1
0722 " " 1
0750 Flock
Sooty Tern 20 £
Sh.-petrels 7-8 Two sizes
0754 R.F. Booby 1
0800 Pt. sp 1
0807 Pt. sp 1
0808 Wedgetail 2 Initially sitting on water
0815 Wedgetail 2
0830 Pt. sp. 1
0855 R.F. Booby 1
0910 Pt. sp. 1
0923 Pt. sp. 1
0924 Pt. sp. 1
1007 Tern sp.? 1
1018 Pt. sp. 1
1056 Bonin Petrel 1
1236 Sooty Tern 5 £
1410 Pt. sp. 1
1441 Shearwater sp? 2 Dark above, below, heavy bodied.
C.I. ?
1502 Bulwers P. 1
1503 Pt. sp. 1
1520 Bird sp.? 1
1540 Sooty Shearwater 1 Seen well, R.B.C., F.C.S.
1625 Shearwater sp.? 2
1720 Observations concluded.
1800 Red-f. Booby 2 Observations begun. Both collected
(DAB. FCS)
1840 Red-f. Booby 1 Observations concluded.
Total 67 birds.
1 mixed flock
690 minutes observations time.