BCF, Cromwell, December 1964
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DATE 15Dec64 Pg.# 1 N W E S time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0615 begin observations 0636 J.F. Petel 1 N 0715 J.F. Petel 1 E 0900 Sh / Pet 1 S 0926 S.l.b.Su.7 1 S 0945 Herald's Petel 1 N 1113 Lecchis 1 NW 1217 Sh / Petel 1 W 1305 shor/petel 1 N - some light under wing - wings appear narrow Not definitely not Sooty, but probably not some dark in undertail coverts - light phase 1325 shor/petel 1 1350 J.F. Petel 2 WN.Petel 1 1355 shor/petel 1 1410 J F Petrel 1 NC 1630 shor/petel 2 NW - seen very poor dark brown upperparts with white flashes in primaries, underparts white, underwing white with thick dark edge, wedge-tail sized but didn't feel like a Wedgetail - flammepetell's > Seen by George flanked first bird flushed fine white - brownish green upperpart underparts white, underwing light mottled brown, almost white - probably same as 4 birds seen yesterday, joined by 2nd bird, also flushed, but several hundred yards further north. Probably same species but may have been Herald'sP, since underwings looked fairly dark when bird bordered although light was not too good. Both flew fast ahead of ship and started to arc fairly high - tail short 1654 J.F. Petel 1 SD 1657 J.F. Petel 2 1730 - Quet