N W E S DATE 6 Dec 69 Pg.# time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0610 begin observation 0620-25 approximate beginning of sunrise 0707 RTTB 1 L called once (in apparent alarm) and backpedaled suddenly as it approached the forward mast. 0709 LOT 1 ESE light 0909 Good's Bat 1 N 0917 Wedgetail 1 SE 0922 Herald's Petrel 1 [illegible] 0936 Pink-footed 2 N medium-sized petrel brown dorsally, breast belly white, underwing brown with irregular white centerline very thin, fairly loose wingbeats "white-headed look" flushed from water- hoary lumbering flight, loose flaps heavier than Wedgetail flight, bird large & chunky, buzzes like Wedgetail, with more robust body wings the broader at base. upperparts dark brown, underparts like Wedgetail but not as clear i.e. somewhat smudgy white instead of clean white - grey-brown upperneck coloration extended well down. Post centerline forming a partial neck band. 0955 Fairy tern 2 NE 1232 RTTB 1 NW 1242 Fairy tern 1 SE 1723 S.B. Shearwater 1 S 1805 and other waterbirds