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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
Charles H. Gilbert
Cruise 76
Kona's blowing & extremely calm seas most birds flapping
DATE Sept. 22, 1964
Pg.# 1
STANDEN
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1415 Departed Fisherman's wharf — dock side leaving
1420 Oahu
Out of Harbor Kona's blowing
1425 Common Noddy 1 sitting on piece g wood on water
1428 " 1 low
1429 " 1
1440 Newell's 1 flew toward us & passed behind the plug
1440 Wedgetails 2 low
1440 Imm. Sootyswim 2 low
1440 Common Noddy 3 low
1450 Red Footed boobies 2 low
1450 Sooty Tern 1 low
1510 White tail
Tropic bird 1 200ft. dived into water & came on again
1520 Picked up large feed bale
1605 Town Sooty 1 low
1622 Wedgetail 1 low
1623 Blueface booby 2 low
1643 Wedgetail 1 low
1655 Wedgetail 1 low
1656 Pomerene
Jaeger 1 150ft.
1720 Red footed
Sooty 40ft.
— = Bleed wh, Retul? P.H.
1740 Cook's Petrel 1 low
1830 total watch 2 channel sunset.
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