BCF, Cromwell, January 1965
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DATE 6 Jan 65 Pg.# 1 E N 5 W time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0645 begin observations 0721 SHEARWATER 1 -- -- all black, very thin wings, deep rapid series of wing beats followed by long glide, appeared most like sooty or slender-billed shearwater, sat in water 0850 Leach's Petrel 1 0857 Leach's P. 1 NE 0859 Leach's P. 1 SE 0904 Leach's P. 1 0945 " " 2 -- -- one was feeding 1034 FAIRY TERN 1 50' flushed from water, flew parallel to ship for 5 minutes @ 9-10 ft. 1114 Kermadec P. 1 S 1120 Leach's P. 2 SE 1121 WTTB 1 E 1122 Leach's P. 1 1125 W.N. Petrel 1 S 1135 Sooty Tern 65±5 SE 1146 Leach's P. 1 1205 WTTB 1 S 1210 Leach's P. 1 S 1217 Leach's P. 1 1220 Sooty Tern 19 Fairy Tern 2 1231 Fairy Tern 1 S 1245 Kermadec/or Sotomayor Petrel 1 NE Light phase, could not tell whether it was brown or grey. 1410 Sooty Tern 35±2 Noddy Tern 1 J.F.Petrel 3 Kermadec P. 2 Bonnin's P.? 2 Wedgetail 1 1420 Leach's P. 1 S 1422 Sooty Tern 10±2 Shearwater 3+ Fairy Tern 2 [illegible]