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AT SEA OBSERVATIONS
6 Feb., 1964
Time Number Direction Species and Remarks
0710 Observations begun
0747 1 SW Shearwater-Petrel
0749 1 Blue-faced Booby immature circling ship
0847 1 NW Small all dark petrel, too erratic to pick up in glasses.
0915 1 SE Bird sp. Petrel-shearwater group. Appeared smaller than wedgetail with light underparts but was going away when seen and sighting inadequate for identification.
1035 4 SW Shearwater sp.? flying in rain squall.
1105 1 Bird sp.,
1122 2 Blue faced booby Adult
1200 1 Red-footed Booby adult following ship~
1232 2 Red-footed Booby immature following ship.
1325 1 N Blue-faced Booby - adult
1330 1 SW Blue faced Booby - immature
1330 1 SW Red-footed Booby - immature
1330 2 S Tern sp.?
1402 2 immature Red-footed Booby
1402 1 immature Blue-faced Booby * These two observations are possibly the same birds as those spotted at 1330
1410 1 NE Red-tailed Tropicbird
1413 100 * NE Flock
1413 3 NE Sooty Tern not feeding at edge of rain squall
1458 1 S Shearwater sp.,
1510 1 - Harcourt's Storm Petrel
1540 1 NE immature Blue-faced Booby circling ship
1550 2 NE Blue-faced Booby.
1555 1 N Sooty Tern
1558 3 SE Tropic bird sp?
2 NE Sooty Tern
1 NE Pterodroma sp?
1645 1 Harcourts Storm Petrel
1648 2 Harcourt's Storm Petrel
1655 120* W Flock
2 SW Sooty Terns - not feeding
2 SW Red-footed Booby
1657 1 SE Pterodroma sp.?
1710 1 NE Booby sp.? (Maksed?)
1711 1 immature RED-footed Booby - following ship.
1730 1 SE Harcourts Storm Petrel
Observations concluded.