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SW
SE
E
NE
NW
DATE 2 Apr 64
Pg.#
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0555 begin observation
0555 Black-foot A. 2
0810 Black-foot A. 3
0840 Shearwater sp. 1 N
0843 Shearwater sp. 1 N
0852 Laysan Albatross 1 NE
0900 Black-footed Albatross 5
0910 Harcourt's Storm Petrel 1 SW
0914 Bonin Ishimura Petrel 1 NW
0932 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW
0951 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW
0959 Shearwater/Petrel 2 N
1004 [illegible] 1 NW
1015 Harcourt's SP 1 ?
1016 Sooty Shear? 1
1028 Shovelbird 1 NW
1035 Sooty Shearwater 2 NW
1042 Shovelbird 1 NW
1055 Shearwater Petrel 1
1103 Sooty Shearwater 2 NW
1116 Laysan A. 1 SE
1120 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
1127 Harcourt's SP 1 SE
1134 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW
1136 [illegible] SP. 1 SE
1140 Sooty Shearwater 2 NW
1143 Shovelbird 1 SE
1144 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
1145 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
AD IB IOD IDB IBA IDD
seen by watch
seen by captain
circled ship once and followed for several minutes
200 yds. off stern of ship Type B
300 yds. off starboard
silver linings seen 150 yds. off starboard
silver linings seen
Phalarope or barbary - smalls light
Type B
seen by watch
off port 700 - turning to avoid ship
same
silver linings seen
same
seen by watch
one had no silver underwing but flew identical
to last 100 or so Sooties. Light excellent
1000 to starboards
white rump seen by watch Type?
silver linings
Type B
silver linings
phalarope etc.
seen by watch,
seen by watch