BCF, Cromwell, July-August 1964
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SE S E N W 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 5 278