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Charles A. Ely
December 14, 1963
25
0951 - Red-footed Booby 3 Ne
0959 - " " 2 NE followed ship for 15 to 20 min.
1110 - Bonin Petrel 1 SW
1114 - Red-footed Booby 1 SE
1351 - Wedgetail 1 SW
1555 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 SW
1600 - Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 N
1645 - Masked Booby 1 NW
1814 - White-necked (?) Petrel 1 S
1819 - Masked Booby 1 NE
1910 - secured bird watch.
December 15
Partly cloudy and warm with 15 k. Winds from NE moderate whitecaps -
sea fairly calm.
0700 - started observations
0725 - black-footed albatross - 1 followed ship to at least 1730
0735 - Wedgetail 1
0827 - " 1 SW
1134 - shearwater/petrel 1 SE
1210 - medium large, dark shearwater 1
1252 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 SE
1323 - Wedgetail 1 W
1332 - Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 SE
1433 - " " ,1 SE
1515 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 SW
1615 - Whale - 1 SW - 1000 yards to port, swimming casually,
blowed several times.