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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
At Sea Observations - March 5, 1964
Time Number Direction Remarks
0730 2 W SE Observations begun
0809 [illegible] W Bird sp. Puffinus sp. prob. WT
0832 1 W Bird sp.
0837 1 E Bird sp.
0858 1 S Ruddy Turnstone - circled ship 7 or 8 times.
0907 3 S WT TB
0910 1 S WT TB
0935 1 E Fairy Tern
0937 1 E RT TB Tail feathers not seen, pure white upperparts.
0940 2 E Tropic bird sp.
0945 Flock NE Booby sp?
2 NE Fairy Tern
55 NE Shearwater sp? Not feeding
10 NE Common Noddy
10 NE Sooty Tern
5 NE Fairy Tern
0958 1 E Fairy Tern
1004 1 S Fairy Tern
1005 2 SE Fairy Tern
1012 1 E Fairy Tern
1016 2 E Fairy Tern
1034 1 S Fairy Tern
1056 1 SE Fairy Tern
1138 1 - Fairy Tern
1215 1 N Wt TB
1520 School of small porpoise seen.
1529 2 Tern sp?
1705 1 Ruddy turnstone
1725 1 E Fairy Tern
1735 1 SW W.T. T.B.
1815 Watch secured.