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85
N
NW NE
W E
SW SE
S
DATE 20 July 64
Pg.# 1
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0545 begin observations
0550 Red tailed
Tropicbird 1 @
light - seen by watch
0605 Wedgetail 1
0615 Wedgetail 2
0616 Petrel sp. 1 S
0620 Petrel sp. 1 S
0645 Wedgetail 1 SW
0656 Sooty Tern 1 SW
0701 Sooty Tern 1 SW
0705 Sooty Tern 1 SW
0732 Sooty Tern 125 ±25
Wedgetail 45 ±10
Frigate 2
feeding flock, 1 dark
0743 Shear/petrel? 1
Sooty Tern 2
brown, light patches under wings, root of body brown, but
not too dark - not wedgetail - seen by watch
0824 WT. Tropicbird 1 SE
0835 Bulwer's P 1 SE
0902 Boobies P 1 NW
0916 Petrel sp. 1 W
0930 Wedgetail 1 NW
dark
0932 Sooty Tern 75 ±10
Wedgetail 40 ±10
Dark napped? 1,
feeding
molting
0938 Boobies P. 1 NW
0950 Shear - petrel 1 S
seen by watch
0955 Shear - petrel 1
seen by watch
1010 Sooty Tern 85 ±5 150 ft
Wedgetail 25 ±10
feeding
1049 Foxy Tern 1 NE
Feeding, light Wedgetails
1142 Sooty Terns 8 NE
Wedgetail 5
1151 Sooty Terns 25±5 5
Wedgetails 10
Petrel sp. 8
-2 or 3 dark feeding,
Dark napped or Boobies? Petrels
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