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DATE 31 May 64
Pg.#
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0550 begin observations
0553 Wedgetail 1 N following ship - light
0607 Wedgetail 1 SW light
0610 Bonin P. 1 W
0706 Wedgetail 2 N
0720 W-T Tropicbird 1 NE watch
0754 Bulwer P. 1 W
0830 Wedgetail 1
0905 Petrel Sp 1 W light - came aboard 0330 and caught by watch. Released.
0917 Shear/petrel 1 W
1045 Pheasant 5 (1511) all sitting in group upon water, when flushed they scattered.
1057 Wedgetail 1 N
1240 Wedgetail 1 NW light lunged ship several times
1630 Pheasant 1 E light
1637 Wedgetail 1 N
1656 R-T Tropicbird 1 E adult - very pink
1659 Wedgetail 1 S light
1815 Sorty Tern 1 SW
1835 end observations