BCF, Cromwell, October 1964
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DATE 14 Oct 64 Pg.# 1 N W E S time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0540 begin observations 0542 Sooty Shear 0543 S.F.Petrel 0557 J.F.Petrel 0607 J.F.Petrel 0642 shear/petrel 0644 Cooks Petrel 0652 J.F.Petrel Cooks Petrel petrel sp 0657 Cooks Petrel J.F.Petrel petrel sp Travelling feeding and supper cruise dark brown on back, head light, underparts white, black under tail coverts, thick black underwing border so that white appeared thin and irregular in center line of underwing, flapped very loosely. Slightly larger than Cooks Petrel, probably molting. Possibly Herald's Petrel but appeared smaller than birds previously thought to be Herald's. 0717 J.F.Petrel 0720 Sooty Tern Fairy Tern J.F.Petrel 0724 Sooty Shear 0725 J.F.Petrel 0728 J.F.Petrel 0729 Cooks Petrel 0740 shear/petrel 0754 Cooks Petrel 0756 J.F.Petrel 0817 Cooks Petrel 0835 Cooks Petrel 0839 Cooks Petrel 0843 Cooks Petrel 0858 Sooty Tern JFP Cooks Petrel feeding Travelling 0928 JFP 0936 Cooks Petrel 0942 Sooty Tern Fairy Tern Shear/petrel 0943 Pale-footed S, feeding white hondes - sitting in water - flushed by ship. 101