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DATE 16 June 64
Pg.#
SE S SW
E NE W NW
N
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0605 begin observations
0608 Bulwer's P 1 N
0613 Bulwer's P 1 N
0617 Newell's, Bulwers 1 S N
0624 Wedgetail 2 S
Sooty Tern 1 NE
0628 [illegible] 1 N
0637 Wedgetail 1 S S
0642 Newell's S 1 N S
0654 Wedgetail 1 N
0743 Wedgetail 5 S W Ne
0755 Wedgetail 5 3 NE
0820 Bulwer's P 1 NE
0835 Bulwer's P 1 N
0842 Wedgetail 5 2
0852 Wedgetail 5 2
0855 Bulwer's P 1
0902 [illegible] 3
flushed from water 1 dark phase.
? Identification by crew member.
looked like they were feeding
0930 Wedgetail S 2
0933 Wedgetail 1 2
0935 Wedgetail 1 3
0937 Wedgetail 1 3
1028 Sooty Tern 75
Wedgetail 50
Fairy Tern 5
1029 Newell's S. 1
Fairy Tern 1
Wedgetail 2
1030 Newell's S. 1 S
Shore Petrel 1
1040 Sooty Tern 1 SE
1107 Sooty Tern 50
Fairy Tern 2 N
Wedgetail 5
2+ minatures
3 sitting on water
feeding flock
all birds, smaller than Wedgetail - seen by watch
travelling