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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