BCF, Cromwell, March-April 1964
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DATE 28 Mar 64 Pg.# 3 N W SW S E time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 1355 Blue-faced Booby 1 E 10 ft. immature 1445 Shearwater/ petrel 1 1515 [illegible] Storm Petrel 1 S 1540 ships course 00 3° 1555 Flicker Wedgetail S 3+ Dark-winged P 2+ Petrel sp 1 Shearwater petrel 2 1615 Dark-rumped P 1 1635 Wedgetail > 1 Navello S 1 1640 Petrel sp 1 1648 [illegible] Storm Petrel sp 1 1657 Storm Petrel sp 1 1705 [illegible] Storm Petrel sp 2 1715 Storm Petrel sp 1 1730 [illegible] Storm Petrel sp 1 N 1735 Dark-rumped P 1 W Wedgetail S 1 W 1736 Scoty Tem 3.5 210 1743 Storm Petrel 1 1801 Storm Petrel 1 1803 Navello S 1 immature seen by watch 15 yds to starboard - hovering above waves, occasionally chopping feet + pitting along up the crest of a wave Type B- Light / dark Both with 2ndaries missing making white shot in wings - back splotted brown backed - white underparts unidentified mottled & mowed up plumage - molting. Light phase brown backed - white underparts - dark spot around eye - strong dark edged with white center and maybe dark pattern crossing white. White shaft to primaries showing through brown of upper wings Type B too distant. But [illegible] & [illegible] Type B 50 yds off port Type B seen by watch Type B light [illegible] seen by watch) too far 2nd observation 1815 481