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Charles A. Ely
December 6
12
1145 - Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 ENE
1200 - rain started again
1215 - Red-footed Booby 1 NW
Seabird sp. ? 1 ?
1217 - Petrel-shearwater 1 E
1221 - Wedgetail (Imm.) 1 NNW rain heavier
1253 - shearwater ? 1 SE
1253 - Tropicbird sp.? 1 SE
1253 - Petrel ? 1 SE
1335 - Sooty Shearwater ? 1 S against light couldn't see wing linings
-1340 - frigate 1
1425 - Sooty Tern 20+ flock spread out over
Red-footed booby 1 at least 1/2 mile; large
Booby sp. 4+ SW "black" fish swimming
Shearwaters and petrels 100+ in midst of flock area.
flock seen from distance - probably more petrels than shearwaters.
1527 - Harcourt's Storm Petrel - 1
1544 - Bonin Island Petrel - 1
flock - Sooty Tern 6 some active feeding
Shearwater-Petrel 4
Red-footed Booby 30 (both adult and immature)
1624 - Red-footed (?) Booby - 2 N
1645 - Bonin Island Petrel - 1 SSE
1702 - Red-footed (?) Booby - 6 N (2 imm.; 4 adults)
1710 - Frigate ? 1 NW
1715 - Red-footed Booby - 35+ in heavy rain squall, probably