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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
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