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DATE 2 may 64
Pg.#
S N
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E
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0610 begin observations
0658 [illegible] sp
0617 B-F Albatross 4 S
0635 B-F Albatross 5 N
0702 Bird sp 1 N
0706 [illegible] sp 1 N
0718 Ophaloype 1 E
0720 Shearwater 1 N
0731 Bird sp. 1 W
0815 Heronito SP. 1 SW
0830 Black Albatross 6
0830 Heronito SP. 1 N
0952 [illegible] 1 N
1053 [illegible] 1 N
1118 [illegible] sp 1 E
1204 Loysan Albatross 1
1219 B-F Albatross 8
1242 Sooty Shear 1 N
1303 Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 S
1415 [illegible] Heronito 4
G.P.
1518 Sooty Shear 1 N
1558 Arctic Tern 1 N
1700 Newbold Shear 1 E
1716 Sooty Tern 3 E
1720 Sooty Tern 2 E
1727 Sooty Tern 1 E
1757 Sharrowater/ petrel 1 N
1814 Wedgetail 1 N
1819 Sharrowater/petrel 1 N
1820 Storm Petrel SP 1 N
1830 Storm Petrel SP 1 NE
1837 Shrewbird SP 1 NE
by watch
by watch
sitting in water, flew when sight alongside,
white plumage, patch behind eye, ring strips
B
B
on oil slick just out of range
light glose
not a phalanger - larger, dumbbier & flying slower.