AT SEA OBSERVATIONS 
6 Feb., 1964 
Time 
Number 
Direction 
Species and Remarks 
O IN* 
Eift 
o o 
1 
SW 
Observations begun 
Shearwater-Petrel 
0749 
1 
Blue-faced Booby immature circling ship 
0847 
1 
NW 
’Small all dark petrel, too erratic to pick up in 
glasses. 
0915 
1 
SE 
Bird sp. Petrel- shearwater group. Appeared smaller 
than wedgetail with light underparts but was 
going away when seen and sighting inadequate for 
identif i cation . 
1035 
4 
SW 
Shearwater sp.? flying in rain squall. 
1105 
1 
Bird sp.. 
1122 
2 
Blue faced booby Adult 
1200 
1 
Red-footed Booby adult following ship' 
1232 
2 
Red-footed Booby immature following ship. 
1325 
1 
N 
Blue-faced Booby - adult 
1330 
1 
Sw 
HLue faced Booby - immature 
1330 
1 
SW 
Red-footed Booby - immature 
1330 
2 
s 
Tern sp. ? 
1402 
2 
immature Red-footed Booby 
1402 
1 
immature Blue-faced Booby * These two observations 
are possibly the same birds as those spotted at 1330 
1410 
1 
NE 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
1413 
100 * 
NE Flock 
Sooty Tern not feeding at edge of rain squall 
1413 
3 
NE 
Shearwater sp.. 
1458 
1 
S 
Hareourt's Storm Petrel 
1510 
1 
— 
immature Blue-faced Booby circling ship 
1540 
1 
NE 
Blue-faced Booby. 
1550 
2 
NE 
Sooty Tern 
1555 
1 
N 
Tropic bird sp? 
1558 
3 
SE 
Sooty Tern 
2 
NE 
Pterodroma sp? 
1645 
1 
NE 
Harcourts Storm Petrel 
1648 
2 
Hareourt's Storm Petrel 
1655 
120* 
W Flock 
Sooty Terns - not feeding 
2 
SW 
Red-footed Booby 
1657 
1 
SE 
Pterodroma sp. ? 
1710 
1 
NE 
Booby sp.?(Maksed?) 
1711 
1 
immature RED-footed Booby - following ship. 
1730 
1 
SE 
Harcourts Storm Petrel 
Observations concluded. 
