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June 4 , 1963 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U. S. S. Tawakoni 
¥e awoke this morning ready to go. After breakfast I walked to 
the Sub post office and mailed several letters. We finished putting' ' 
final items in rubber bags to go ashore. At 9 a.m. we left Sierra 17 
pier and headed out through .Pgarl Harbor. At the entrance to the 
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Harbor two Brown Boobies were seen sitting on one of the Boobies. 
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- The sea' was very calm and the weather was quite nice — only scattered 
clouds and a light breeze from the N. E. After leaving the harbor we 
set a course NW (299) and headed for the island of Nihoa. We soon 
discovered that the bird life was quite scarce as compared with February. 
Sooty Terns, Wedgetailed Shearwaters, Red -tailed Boobies, two White-tailed 
'Eropicbirds were seen during the day and the time and number of each was 
recorded on the d ctet . At approximately 5 p.m. we spatted Kauai in a 
shield of coujyis and heavy haze. We expected a lot of birds to assemble 
offshore before night but this did not materialize . Only Wedge-tailed 
Shearwaters increased, but only slightly. We passed within 2-4 miles 
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of the south coast of Kauai. During the day we saw no Albatross 
June 5 , 1963 Hihoa Island, Leeward Chains, — U. S. S. Tawakoni 
I awoke this morning at 5:30 a.m. (ilthought it was 6:30 but we had 
lost an hour going West ) . id hoa Island was (l^ready in view but was 
approximately 20 miles away. I made bird counts until we were very 
near the island. As we drew closer many Blue-gray Koddles appeared 
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and a Petrel or Shearwater appeared which either was a Bulwer * s 
Petrel or Christmas Island Shearwater. They might have been both, but 
at any rate were quite numerous. Many Sooty Terns, Gray-backed Terns, 
