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April 6, 1964
AT SEA OBSERVATIONS
Weather: One cart with rain squalls, visibility variable. Wind 25mph NE., sea wind - whippied and broken.
# Direction Time Species - Acty
1 NNE 0800 Storm Petrel sp.
1 N 0815 Wedge-tail Shearwater.
1 NNW 0820 Shearwater sp. - going away - appeared sharp-winged with light undersides
1 N 0845 Shearwater sp. distant in rain squall
2 N 0855 Shearwater sp. - dark brown or back golden brown on underparts - wings dark edges - silvery in centre. heavy body.
Clouds breaking - clearing rapidly at 0915.
1 N 0915 Shearwater sp. - straight away from bar. distant.
1 NW 0936 Shearwater sp. - distant - poor light.
1 - 0945 Bird sp. - distant - on horizon
1 N 1030 Shearwater sp. - like recent at 0855
2 N 1040 Shearwater sp.
1 N 1045 Shearwater sp. - poor light
1 N 1047 Shearwater sp. - poor light.
1 N 1050 Shearwater sp. - like recent 0855
1 N 1053 Bulwer's Petrel
1 N 1105 Shearwater sp.
2 N 1110 Jaeger sp. (Pomarine ?)
(1120 - 1210 Chow)
1 N 1220 Shearwater sp.
5 N 1230 Shearwater sp.
1 N 1232 Shearwater sp.
3 N 1300 Shearwater sp.
2 NE 1305 Sooty Tern
1 N 1305 Wedge-tail Shearwater.