ATF/SIC 3, Tawakoni, October-November 1963
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At Sea Observations - U.S.S. Tawakoni - Raw Data - Oct. 8, 1963 Pacific Ocean 6 days out of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Observers: Sibley, Clapp, Bratley, Huber. 0625 Observations begun. 0632 Flock Sooty Terns 16 0633 Bird sp.? 1 0637 Wedgetail 1 0705 Bulwer's Petrel 2 0735 Sooty Tern 12 Flying low and steadily across bow. 0736 Shearwater sp.? 2 Light below but back appeared lighter than is true of W.T. 0740 Shearwater sp.? 1 0804 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Possibly Sooty - dark bird with white silvery wing linings. 0815 Shearwater sp.? 1 0825 Red-footed Booby 1 0835 Tropic birds 2 At long range. 0837 Pet. Shearwater sp.? 1 Light above and white below. 0840 Flock 15 * On horizon, well beyond limits of range of identification. 0845 Flock Sooty Tern 15 * At long range, closer than above, actively feeding, Shearwater sp.? 7 * Dark above and below. 0850 Shearwater sp.? 1 Dark above, below. with light wing linings. Poss. Sooty Shearwater 0850 Flock Shearwater 13 Dark above, dark below, dark wing linings. Possibly C.I. 0955. Flock Sooty Tern 13 * Shearwaters 8 *' Prob. C.I. Tropicbird 1 0907 Shearwater sp.? 1 Dark above, below. Petrel sp? 1 Dark above, below, size of Bulwer's, with a white rump. Prob. castro (Oceanodroma) 0912 Flock Anous stolidus 8 * Sooty Tern 50 *' Shearwaters 15 * R.F. Booby 1 0932 Shearwaters 10 0936 Shearwater sp.? 1 0937 R.T. Tropic Bird 1 0940 Terns species 37 Sooties and/or noddies. 0943 Flock 10 * Terns out of range of identification 0950 Flock 0950 Flock Sooty Tern 27 0951 Red F. Booby 1.