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DATE 31 Mar 64
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time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0530 Storm Petrel 1 seen by watch
0545 began observations
0618 Sooty Shear? 1 turned back before avoing broadship
0619 Storm Petrel sp 1
0745 Sooty Shear 1 NW silver linings seen
0846 Storm Petrel 1 W 50 yds. off port side of ship Type B
seen by captain
1019 Storm Petrel 1 N silver linings seen flew within 100 yds of
bow of ship
1030 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW silver linings seen
1203 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW
1214 Sooty Shear 1 NW silver linings seen
1229 Sooty Shear 1 NW
1235 Sooty Shear? 1 NW seen by watch
1240 Storm Petrel 1 seen by watch - white on tail
1254 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW seen by watch
1301 Sooty Shear/ petrel 1 W seen by watch
1303 Sooty Shear? 1 NW 1 mile off bow
1306 Sooty Shear? 1 NWS 3/4 mile off port bow
1416 Sooty Shear 1 NW 500 yds off bow
1443 Sooty Shear? 1 NWD seen by watch
1503 Sooty Shear 1 NW silver under wings
1530 Sooty Shear 1 NW silver linings seen
1606 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW seen by watch
1615 Storm Petrel 1 seen by watch
1618 (Booby sp.) 1 seen by watch → misidentified It was
a Laysan Albatross and
was verified when an
Albatross was well seen
on April 1.
1633 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW seen by watch
1654 Sooty Shearwater? 1 NW seen by watch
1747 Sooty Shear 1 NW silver linings seen
1815 and Shearwaters