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south at 164-1. Several shearwater/petrels passed by but due to various 
circumstances , bad light distance, BT cast etc. , none were Identified 
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•by species all were light ventrally, dark dor sally. One Red -ta lied 
Troplcblrd was seen feeding by diving from 50 feet or so into water with 
splash, one breaking fall slightly on way down. Sundell's Fairy Tern 
was called Troplcblrd by watch. On another occasion he reports a Troplcblrd 
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being called a pooby by the watch. 
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March 27 — Watch reported four Sooty Shearwaters at sunrise, (Howard- 
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reliable),. Sitting around the drogue which was set to study currents 
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was a small congregation of White-beaked Bertrel, an imnature Masked Booby, 
and two unidentified Shearwater/petrels. The booby narrowly avoided 
being collected when the net failed to encompass his body. He returned 
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twice in the day, at 0635 and 1^42. Seven vredgetails were seen, three 
light three dark and one not determined. Sooty Shearwaters and possibles 
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carae through all day - 10 in all. The Harcourt’s was type B. The \ 
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flock of 40f Sooty Terns and eleven Shearwaters (one of which was a 
Wedgetail at least) was feeding in the seemingly rich waters within a \ 
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mile of the drogue. A 3 foot 4 inch Mahimahi dolphin and a 4 foot 
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Wahoo were caught as well as a 4 foot White fin? shark which was dispatched 
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and returned to feed its compatriots. The Wahoo was chomped upon several 
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times by sharks before it could be gotten into the boat. A marline was 
seen too and four killer whales(?<). A 
The mysterious petrel of 0720 and 0945 was apparently a molting; 
White-necked petrel. It was seen very well by Su dell at 1040. 
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A Laysan Albatross appeared for several minutes in good li^it at 
close range so that everyone on the bridge saw it. It is undoubtedly th<v 
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furthest south record for this species 11 degrees 30 feet north 15 1 West.\ 
