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Sooty Shearwaters started to pick up toward evening, six in all 
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April 15 — First two tropicbirds of cruise shortly after dawn. Two 
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Wed get ails today, both light phase. Ten Harcourts, all Type B. Two 
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his first. Thirty- six Sooty Shearwaters today, all singles headed 
noHh to west. Bulwer’a Petrels plentiful, nine plus 2(?). They came 
pretty close to ship; hopefully we can collect Borne when weather gets 
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better. At 0605 a large bird, size of a booby, large and robust with 
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gull like wing beats interspersed with glide, white underparts and 
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dark brown upper parts, flying in short arcs, cutting above horizon. 
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At 0718 another large bird, all dark, flying at 50 feet with constant 
wing beats, gull or falcon like. Two White-necked Petrels and thre 
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dark runted petrels today, all clearly observed. Feathers looked 
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nortaal. No mottling. Only four Sooty Terns. A lone Bonin Island 
Petrel seen, the first of the trip. 
Area was rich in bird life but no birds seen feeding. It • 
more like they were coming and going to some area near us, probably 
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to south where better food supply is. Dave still a bit queasy. 
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Apri l 16 — Slow day today. Very little bird activity. Only five 
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in strong wind and few came near ship. 
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