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DATE 28 Mar 64
Pg.# 3
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1140 Feeding flock
Sooty Tern 30 Wt to 50 ft.
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2
Shearwatersp. 4
[illegible] Harcourts 3
Storm Petrel
Petrel
White-necked Petrel 1
about 50 yds. from center of feeding activity
at closest point Two Harcourts on water at same time Type B
observed by watch
1204 Shearwater sp. 1
1207 Harcourt's S.P. 1 NW
1212 Sooty Tern 75-10 W
1220 Shearwater / Petrel 1 ?
no shearwaters/petrels seen - feeding
not self seen
1227 Wedgetails
Storm Petrel sp.
Petrel sp.
light phase
Too far to see ramp
White underparts - didn't see underwings. Either
Bonin or Phoenix - smallish
seen by watch
1230 Shearwater/Petrel 1 N
1234 Masked Booby 1 SE
1240 Petrel sp. 1 SE
brown backed - underparts white - similar underwing
to Bonin but slightly too large & flopped too much - didn't
look like a Bonin - stayed lower but flatter
1246 Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Petrel?
1 SE Wt to 25yds. off starboard
6 ft.
1300 White-necked Petrel? 1 C Wt to 50 ft.
apparently frightened by ship flew in front of ship twisting and turning like a gull it then flew up (at least 50 ft) and circled around the ship to the stem crossing to opposite side it had been on seen by watch
1307 Shearwater/ Petrel 1 NW
1307 Harcourt's Storm Petrel 1 Type B
1311 Sooty Shearwater? 1 N
1320 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 SE 50 yds. off starboard
1327 Shearwater sp. 1 observed by watch