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DATE 5 Dec 64
Pg.# 1
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0610 begin diserrations
0710 Jaeger sp 1 SE
0720 Red-footed Booby 1 @
0740 Cobb's Petrel 1 NW
0748 Slender-billed S 1 S
0900 J.F. Petrel 1 S
1207 J.F. Petrel 1 S
208 J.F. Petrel 1
strong mottling covering entire body - wing
flash evident - no projecting tail feathers,
smaller than Pomarine T.
- Seen by Termite
Flight times - 17-20 knot wind
MCC - 6.0, 7.0, 1.8 - nb.
11:47 - Got another good look at medium red-wind
@ Wings relatively short + rounded
12:00 Got a fair look at a MBC - very black with
light like along trailing edge.
flight times 20kt winds
MCC 3.0, 1.0, 2.2 on lee
9.0, 11.2, 8.7 on windward
3.2, 1.7 on lee
1233 WT 1 E
1245 Sooty/SB Sloop 1 S
1255 Frigate 2 @ 75ft adult @ but didn't come quite close enough to
tell if F. minor or F. ariel
1320 Fairy Term 1 NE
1425 J.F. Petrel 1 SE
1437 WT 1 N
1445 WT 1 SE - Penny
1505 Sh. Pet. 1 S
1531 Cook Pet 1 - Penny
1532 Sh. Pet (WT) 1 -
1556 J.F. Petrel 2 BR
1604 Cobb's Petrel 1 S
1630 Mottled Petrel? 1 S
1633 J.F. Petrel 1 S
1655 Sooty Term
J.F. Petrel 2 5
Frigate 2
MCC side of chit
? Lee 5.6 MBC
Lee 5
Wind
6.4
BRC (free) 14.5 sec.
1731 J.F. Petrel 2
1740 J.F. Petrel 3
1810 end observations,
feeding with objects