Husted, Dayle N . 
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usually stayed out of shooting range. 
September 5 - -Today was again slow. The sea was clam, it was clear to 
partly cloudy, and the wind was about B-5 knots. The birds are staying 
low to the water which makes identification difficult. The petrels and 
shearwaters are not arcing up like they normally do. There is an 
absence of flocks and Sooty Terns. 
September 6 - -The sea got rougher than farther north we are going. The 
wind also increased up to about 1 6 knots. This must have been for the 
good though, for we are finally seeing some birds. Three flocks were 
seen today composed mainly of Sooty Terns, Petrels (dark-rumped petrel, 
^hi-"t e-nec ked Petrel, Bonin Island Petrel) and some wedgetails. Some 
new birds were seen, but I have my doubts about one of them. Roger 
said he saw a Sooty Shearwater? We also saw a Golden Plover, Kermadec 
Petrel and some all dark Shearwater-petrel. The bird was all dark and 
about the size of a Dark-rumped Petrel. It flew like a Dark-rumped 
Petrel. It turned up on its side frequently and arced up high in the 
air. The shearwaters and petrels are flying more like normal now. 
Roger has petrel sp. X and Bonin Island Petrel mixed up. He made some 
sneaky comment about Petrel X is usually called Bonin Island Petrel, 
but he would conform to my calling petrel x. It was not petrel x because 
it doesn't occur this far north. 
"The sea was moderate and the skys clear to partly cloudy. 
-f ewere birds were seen today. Again one of the all dark shearwater- 
petrels was seen. Other birds seen were the Dark-rumped Petrel, White- 
necked Petrel, Wedgetail, Sooty Tern, Fairy Tern, Frigate. 2 small ? flocks 
