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DATE 25 Mar 64
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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