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Charles A. Ely
December 10, 1963
17
Clear to party cloudy. Warm to hot. Wind to 15 knots. Low
seas and few whitecaps most of day. Cold front moving in from Northwest
about dusk.
0715 - Observations began
0756 - Plankton detail
0811 - Masked Booby (Immature)
0839 - Plankton detail secured
0845 - White-necked Petrel
0911 - Masked Booby (Immature ) 1 NW in are 30 min. and starboard and stern.
0935 -. Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 SE
1000 - White-necked Petrel 1 NE
Widgetail ? 1 NE
1015 - White-necked Petrel 1 SE
1026 - " " " L NE
1027 - Masked Booby (Immature ) 1 NW
1034 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 NE
1040 - White-necked Petrel 1 SW
1059 - Wedgetail 1 NE
1101 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 NE
1110 - Shearwater - Petrel 1 SW
1127 - Shearwater-Petrel 1 SW
1127 - Shearwater-Petrel 1 SW
1132 - Changed course to SW
1149 - 1 Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 SE