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AT SEA OBSERVATIONS
5 February, 1964
3 days out of Oahu, Hawaiian Is.
Time Number Direction Species and Remarks
0700
0834
0852 1 NW School of porpoise 150-200 yds off starboa rd
bow. 100 * est.
Tropic bird sp? Appeared dusky above as if
heavily mottled on back. Most probably
immature Red-tail.
0900 1 NW Frigate bird male Lesser?
0910 1 SW Shearwater sp.
0920 1 NE Phoenix Island Petrel - seemed too brown but
had either band across throat or all dark head
Petrel sp.
1506 1 SW Pterodroma sp? (could have been light phase
Wedgetail.
1550 1 N R.T. Tropicbird
1602 1 E Pterodroma sp?
1613 1 SW Pterodroma sp?
1625 2 S Phoenix Island Petrel - seemed to be but had
rounded tail instead of wedge-shape.
1640 1 N Red-footed Booby (生南南海等) following ship
Masked Booby (immature)
1704 1
1720 1 White-tailed Tropic Bird
1740 1 Red-footed Booby (immature) circled ship.
1815
Observations concluded.