BCF, Cromwell, December 1964
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DATE 7 Dee 64 Pg.# N W E S time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0600 Jaeger sp. 1 [illegible] 0615 Sooty S.B. Spar 1 [illegible] 0630 Faggotbird sp. 1 [illegible] 0646 Shear/petrel 1 S seen by Tam appeared Mottled Royal but Underparts only brown from distance in early sun seen by Perry dammit 0715 Fork-tailed Petrel 1 0746 Shear-billed S 1 S 0945 WTTB 1 SE 1104 Shear-billed S 1 S 1216 Heaches Str. Pet. 1 First observed sitting on the water to the windward of the ship during a hydro station. Despite moderate swell the bird was completely oblivious to wave action and spent the time leisurely preening its feathers. When it took flight some 2-3 minutes later Woven noted that the outer primaries were in molt. 1248 Shear-billed S 1 S 1313 Wedgetail 1 S 1320 Heach's P. 1 E 1321 Shear-billed S 1 S 1330 Shear-billed 1 S 1335 Shear-billed 1 S 1437 Heach's P. 1 N-E 1447 WTTB 3 N 1459 Cooks Petrel 1 N 1545 Wedgetail 3 E 1600 Sooty Tern 30 ±2 Fairing Term Haw. Nobby Tern White-backed P. Kennedya P. shorn/petrel 2 1612 Herald's P.? 1 N 1625 Phoenix Petrel 1 1627 Shear-billed? 1 SE 1628 Wedgetail 1 SE 1740 Sooty Shear 1 S 1805 End observations light light flock feeding squid - 50 or so 2 anchors jumped from water - large (20lt) probably SKYJAID seen. White cap and grey tail of Haw. Nobby seen. dark, close enough to let with the gun barrel WNP had thunder black under wing borders. Medin-ayed petrel, loose flops, dark underwing white belly - too far away to be sure though > flushed from water, close to ship, dark brown upper parts, dark from upper breast, white belly, under wing brown but not uniform, lighta has these white underwing but SB shape - well seen light