A log of zoological observations made at Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands, 1959-1961

This file contains a log of zoological observations made by Richard Penney at Wilkes station from 1959 to 1961. The observations were made in the Windmill Islands, at locations such as Clarke Island, Frazier Islands (Islets), Ardery Island (Islet), Odbert Island and Petersen Island.The observations were made of, adelie penguins, emperor penguins, south polar skuas, giant petrels, cape pigeons, silver-grey petrels, antarctic petrels, snow petrels, wilson's storm petrels, terns, ross seals, crabeater seals, elephant seals, weddell seals, leopard seals and killer whales. Bird banding is also covered in the report.The download file contains the official copy of the report, as well as Richard Penney's personal copy, which includes some handwritten notes.This is a scanned copy of the original log.The hard copy of the log has been archived at the National Archives of Australia.