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DATE 6 Jan 65
Pg.# 1
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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
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