DATE 19Dg 64
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1250 Tern sp 1 [illegible] small, size of fairy tern, white below, tail white above - back + upper wings light grey with blacker mottling around edges. forehead white, black cap extending to above nape, relatively large, bill black, tail not very deeply forked, call high, see? pat Clapp says identical to lesser naped call. also it could be lesser naped miniature.
1300 WITB 2 circling
1300 shear/petrel 1
Allatoona! group swelled to 10 birds - all engaged in preening along back, Vocalizations audible, (squeals) from at least 100 yds rain dampened activities, but when food was tossed over, brisa fought for it, a group of 3 fighting over large piece of fat, but in another area there seemed to be a pecking order; when a second bird approached one eating a large lump of fat with a squeal it retired, and the second bird retired when a third came squealing. As group increased in size greater preening stimulus was noticed
1415 Shear/Petrel 1
1418 WT 1
1437 Shear/ Pet. 1
1457 WITB 2
1500 WT 1
1506 TB sp. 1
1510 JF Petrel 1
1554 Lesser lo P. 1
1559 Loa/lo P. 1
1609 Shear/petrel 1
1745 RFB 1
Glimpsed WT? (Same bird?) Light - seen by Ray - any out.
one at least fishing - 2:30-3:00 - 2 BFA
1+ cut
Sitting on water; never took flight bright red bill
1800-SBFA
seen by Tern adults
1800 end observations