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22 April 1967
Time Species
0512 Sun Rise
0600 begin Obs.
0601 Western gull
1 SSS Ad.; first bird.
0605 "
1
Ad.
0615 Shearwater
1 NE High arching; showed contrast of light or dark.
0620 Red Phalarope
1 SSW Flight pattern suggested Sooty Shear, but wind is up and will force more arching.
0625 "
4 on Hill
Flying; Sitting on hill.
0650 Red Phalarope
5
0655 Western gull
2 SSW 1st; 11am
0700 Jaeger ( [illegible] )
1 SW oversquall; Adult kind; long, narrow L. tail.
0703 B-F (but not)
1
Following ship.
0715 Red Phalarope
1 SSW Small groups flying & landing.
0725 Red Phalarope
15 ± 3 SSSS Small groups 1, 3, 2, 8, 5.
0732 "
10 ± SW
0737 "
1. ENE
0740 "
6 SSW
0743 Western gull
1 SSS Ad.
0745 Haste Red Phalarope
7 SW
0800 (Here had considerable numbers of) - Macrocystis (thumb kelp) floating in pods.
0810 Red Phalarope
2 SSSS From or water.
0811 "
1 SSSS
0815 "
5 SSSS
0820 "
2 SSSS
0840 "
5 on Hill two indistinct plunge
0855 Red Phalarope
3 on Hill beside large patch of Macrocystis
0910 "
10 SSSS Small group.
0941 "
2 on Hill Nocturnal (Phalarope); free diver; jelly fish on surface.
0952 Large Sun bird. ( ) Benoit