BCF, Cromwell, March-April 1964
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DATE 25 Mar 64 Pg.# 1 S E N W N E N W N time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0601 begin observation 0603 Black-footed A. 1 0626 Wedgetails. 1 NW 200 off starboard bow - light phase 0654 [illegible] type B 1 NW 75 off bow 0746 Black-footed A. 1 0820 Tropicbird sp. 1 S 200ft. 3000 yds: off starboard 0922 phalarope sp. 1 N on water 75 yds off starboard; seen on water three different times between short flights; gray back (possibly with stripes between wings as in Northern Phalarope); white head and underparts; pronounced white wing stripe; long neck; sat high on water in typical phalarope attitude; tail pattern black or dark central stripe separating white patches along sides, entire tip of tail dark; bird in typical winter plumage but not close enough to allow species differentiation by back markings or bill shape and color 1025 Sooty Tern 5-2 feeding flocks - saw one hit the water at distance of 1 n mile 1040 Sooty Tern 1100 Tropicbird sp. 1124 White Tailed B seen by watch seen by watch black skitters seen 1140 Wedgetails 4 N 1 dark phase 3 light phase 1210 Wedgetails 1 Q light phase 1256 [illegible] sp. Type B 1306 Wedgetails 1 NW 200 yds off bow light phase 1520 Shearwater sp. 1 SE possible wedge-tail sighted by watch 1830 end observations