Charles A. Ely 
December 11, 19 63 22 
Tarsus and toes pink above; toes flesh-colored below; webs bluish pink. 
Molt - None observed. 
December 12 
Almost completely overcast; lower seas (few vhitecaps) wind HE, 
13± k . , swells NE - 5 feet. Scattered swells* 
0700 - started watch 
075k - sufficient light for observations 
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0802 - set plankton detail 
0850 - Re-dta i ledTr opieb ird -IE 
0840 - secure d plankton detail 
1015 - Small Pterodroma 1 SE 
1022 t Red-footed Booby 1 around ship 
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1029 r ShearwaterTPetrel 1 NW 
1112 - Red -footed Booby 1 SE adult 
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1225 * White -necked Petrel - 1 NW 
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1330 - change course to 320° 
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15^5 - unidentified bird seen by watch officer. 
1615 -'Golden Plover - 1 NW 
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' 1625 - Wedgetail 1 HE 
1755 - Sooty Tern 1 S 
1830 - change course to NE 
l8k5 - Tropicbird on fairy tern - 1 SW 1000 yards to part. 
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1900 j bird watch secured. 
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/ High winds directly into bow. lower seas with fewer whitecaps. 
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/Partly coudy with lower swells. Still much sea return. 
