BCF, Cromwell, September 1964
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N DATE 6 Sept 6' Pg.# 2 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. JFP 0909 Shear-Petrel 1 SW 0914 DRP Shear-Petrel 1 W all dark, stayed low to water, wasn't a WT Seen by watch 0916 Shear-Petrel 1 W 0921 WNP 1 SN 0930 Sooty Tern 4 W 0931 Shear-Petrel 1 W Bulldocks, about size of a WT, flew like a DRP, some white under wings BWP 1041 Petrel sp. ? 1 The small Pterodroma petrel of southern waters normally listed as B.I. Petrel, but to conform with Husted here listed as Petrel X. Dark 1047 Petrel Shear sp 1 SE 1104 Widge-tail 1 E 1113 Shear-Petrel 1 NE 1116 DRP 1 NE 1132 Frigate 1 W 1142 Shear-Petrel 1 E Seen by watch JFP 1154 DRP 1 E BWP 1201 Bonin Tern 1 S 1202 Shear-Petrel 1 S 1216 Shear-Petrel 2 W All dark, flew like a petrel with high arcs and turning with circle frequently. No white was noticeable, wing beats were infrequent. Might be SS, but I doubt it. JFP 1234 DRP 1 SC 1235 WT 1 N 1244 PTTB 1 NW 1336 Sooty Tern 100 70 Widge-tail 80 ±10 Frigate Shear-Petrel 20 ±10 DRP 20 ±5 1450 Widge-tail 1 SW Feeding JFP 1459 DRP 1 S JFP 1512 DRP 1 SW Dark