SI-MWH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E C.H. GILBERT DATE 28 Sept 64 Pg.# 1 STANDED Subtotals Flocks 0700 Due west of Palmyra @20 mi. began count. upto now 30 booby 25 TERNs 15 shearwaters 2 frigate bird 0720 Booby RF 2 1 2 immm 0721 " " 2 2 4 0723 " " 3 3 7 0724 " Brown 1 1 1 0728 Sooty Tern 2 1 2 Boobies are all on the place 0728 Booby RF 1 4 8 immm 0729 " " 1 5 9 " 0730 " " 1 6 10 0743 Booby RF 50+10 7 68 Eum 0745 Red-footed Booby 1 8 61 0749 Sooty Tern 5 2 7 0750 Shearwaters Rft. 5 ( 5 0753 Frigate bird 1 ( 1 0754 Swift Ugo 1 3 8 Alawes? 0756 Skulldiver 1 ( 1 0800 Sooty Shearwater 1 ( 1 0815 Sooty Tern 1 4 9 0815 Imm Booby RF 3 29 64 0816 " " 2 9 65 0817 " " 1 10 66 0821 Brown booby RF 1 2 2 0823 Imm RF Booby 1 11 67 0824 Imm Red foot 1 13 70 Booby RF. 0825 Tern. Attacked. Sea 2 14 72 0830 Sooty Tern 3 5 12 0842 " " 1 6 13 0843 Red Foot booby 1 15 375 0843 Imm. RF Booby 2 13+14 70 77 0844 " " 1 17 78 0845 Sooty Shear 21 2 2 0847 RF 0848 Marbled Imm 5 18 76 82 0849 Del. Brown Booby 1 3 3 0852 Imm Red foot booby 3 4 19 6 88 0856 Sooty Tern 4 7 17 0855 Red Foot Booby 2 20 96 0859 Booby Red-foot 2 21 98 0905 Sooty Shearwater 2- 3 4 FLOCK 0907 Booby Mark 2 22 100 0908 ? Booby Marbled 20 23 140 0930 Booby RF Brown 10 4 13 Sooty Tern 25 8 42 FLOCK 0945 Red foot Booby White tern Sooty Tern Frigate 75 1 5 1 24 9 2 215 1 47 2 PALMYRA IN SIGHT 1031 Noddly Tress 20 1 20 1130 FISH & SCHOOL 1300