ATF/SIC 4, Lipan, February-April 1964
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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.