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SW
NW
N
DATE 22 July 64
Pg.# 2
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1105 Petrel sp 3 seen by watch
1110 Sooty Tern 90 ±10
Wedgetail
Dark-rumped P 6
White-necked P
Fairy Tern 1
eight
3 separate groups joined up, each with about
30 sooty Terns - feeding
1120 Sooty Tern 25
Dark-rumped 5
White-necked 1
feeding
Sooty Terns (immature)
change to adult!
& molting adult.
1130 Sooty Tern 20
Dark-rumped 6
White-necked 2
Wedgetail 1
Fairy Tern 1
feeding
2 dark-rumped chasing flying fish, flying
same direction, South
dark
almost 1 long flight - Adult present
1135 Dark-rumped 6
White-necked 1
Wedgetail 1
most sitting in water - not feeding
Collected by Husted # 0512
1143 Dark AAP 1
1148 DR Petrel 1 SE
1149 W.T. Tropicbirds 2 E
1250 DR Petrel 1 W
1225 Dark-rumped P 1 S
1227 Wedgetail 1
1229 Dark-rumped P 1 N/E
1235 Sooty Tern 20 ±10
feeding behaviour - very stiff
1238 Dark-rumped P 1 W
1246 Sooty Tern 7 SW
travelling
1250 Dark-rumped P 1 SW
1255 Dark-rumped P 2
sitting
1300 Dark-rumped P 1
"
1301 Dark-rumped P 3
"
1302 Sooty Tern 55 ±2
Dark-rumped P 5
feeding
sitting on water
1330 Dark R P 2 5
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