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At sea observations
Mar H 1964
7:30
Obsevalus begun
08H2 2 →N Bird sp. At long range. Seen only
by member of crew -
Sooty Tern
0915 2 →W
1001 2 →N " "
1015 1 →E " "
1113 1 →N Storm petrel? sp? Very small,
dark, rapid erratic flight low
over surface of water -
12.26 1 →E Puffinus sp. Prob Wedge-tail
perhaps C.I. - Flapped
occasionally - Dalt above &
below - No obvious wing
pattern like wedge-tail -
Can Sooty & Noddie - At least 5 Sooty
Puffinus sp? Wedge-tail?
12:35 10 -SW Sooty & Noddie - At least 5 Sooty
2 -N Puffinus sp? Wedge-tail?
1236 1 -S Common Tern
1240 1 -SE Geregate sp. - Very high -
1800 ft plus
1303 1 -E 1 Pintail, Linn Petrel -
Run, white wing, white
down side on any -
Puffinus sp. Wedge-tail ?
(all puffins low low dark
above & below)
1310 1 -S
1345 (Flock) apparently not Pintail
1 Fairy Tern
8 Puffinus sp? Wedge-tail ?
70 Terns Sooty & Noddie
6 Geregate sp.