BCF, Cromwell, May-June 1964
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DATE 4 June 64 Pg.# 1 SW W N S SE NE E NW time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0526 Newell's 8 1 by watch 0525 Bulwesi P 1 by watch 0555 begin observation 0556 B.F. Albat 3 following ship 0602 Sooty Tern 1 E adult 0630 Bonin P.? 1 watch 0655 Wedgetail 2 SE both dark 0713 D.& Peters? 1 NW I light colored "W" across wings like a wedgetail, white on undertail coverts & under tail, may have had white forehead, very slow wingbeats almost like wedgetail — dark above, white below. (First sight New Zealand Shrimps) circled ship - adult all four seen at once 0745 R-T Tropibird 2 S 0750 R-T Tropibird 2 NE 0753 Bulwesi P 1 S 0800 Harecourt SP. 2 N 0802 Wedgetail 1 SW 0805 Sooty Tern 1 SE 0817 Sooty Tern 2 S 0828 Newell's 1 SW 0830 Black Footed Albatross 4 following ship 0842 Harecourt SP. 1 SE 0850 Sooty Tern 1 W 0855 Red-footed Booby 1 NW 0857 Sooty Tern 15 ± 2 0900 Black-footed A. 5 swell feeding flocks in water around ship during hydro adult 1020 Sooty Tern 1 NE 1033 Tropibird 1 1038 R-T Tropibird 1 S 1044 Bulwesi P 1 SE 1046 R-T Tropibird 3 E adult 1107 Wedgetail 1 NE light 1114 Christ do. S 1 N 1124 Sooty Tern 2 W