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Transcription
Charles A. Ely
1963, December 11
20
0715 - Observations began
0728 - Wedgetail 1 Ne
0740 - changed course to 90°
0746 - Dark shearwater 1 S "Flew like Sooty Shearwater--very
fast flying easily twice as fast as most birds observed. 800
yards off bow." Warren King
0750 - Wedgetail 1 SW
0800 - Set plankton detail
0810 - Wedgetail - 1
0815 - Pterodroma sp. 1 SW
0816 - Wedgetail 1 S
0820 - Wedgetail 1 NE
0830 - Dark-rumped Petrel 1
0835 - Wedgetail - 1 SW Imm.
0844 - secure plankton detail
0935 - White-necked Petrel 1 SW
0939 - Wedgetail 1 SW
0941 - " 2 SW
1006 - Pterodroma 1 NE
1036 - Masked Booby 1 NE
1038 - Wedgetail 24 circling but not actually
Bonin Island Petrel observed feeding
flock Dark-rumped Petrel 1 NE
White-necked Petrel 1
Red-footed Booby 2