SI-MNH-958a 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E C.H. GILBERT CRUISE DATE 14 OCTOBER 1964 Pg. # 1 STANDEN time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. flock 0600 BEGIN WATCH, 0617 Shear Pet 5 3 5 - Probably comng to a flook. 0625 V.T. Pet. 1 1 1 - light rain falling 0627 Sooty Tern Shear Pet Cook Pet flock 0632 15 1 15 - 0635 Cook Pet 20 4 25 - Sooty Tern 1 1 Wedgetail Sh. 200 2 215 J.T. Pet. 25 2 26 300 & 225 light rain falling DARK Photo Newelle 5 1 5 (576) large flook of Wedgetails & Newelles sittin on H2O very close, about 50 birds. Caught no fish. Phoenix Is Pet 1 1 left flock 0710 Narcowuski Pet 1 1 0730 Storm Pet 1 1 0736 Cook's Pet. 1 1 1 - 0740 " 1 2 2 0740 Narcousk Pet. 1 3 3 0748 RITA* 1 2 2 0749 Wedgetail 1 1 1 0750 J.T. Pet'd 2 2 102 0755 Newelle Sh. 1 3 27 flock 0800 6 2 6 1010 FRIGATE bird 4 1 4 - SAILS 0940 Phoenix Is Pet. 3 2 4 LET FLOCK - 0930 collected 1 J.T. Pet. Extra externa 1045 2 Sooty Terns on H2O 1050 White tailed trop 1 1 1 - Chasing fly fish. END WATCH EATING squid. 1400 BEGIN WATCH 1402 J.T. Pet'd 1 4 28 Cook Pet. 1 4 4 1415 Shear Pet. 1 5 26 Wedgetail 2 3 104 Dark 1420 Cook's Pet 2 6 6 Narcowuski 1 3 3 1423 Cook Pet 2 7 8 1423 Phoenix Is Pet. 1 3 5 1435 Shear Pet 2 7 28 Phoenix Is Pet 2 5 7 1450 Shear Pet 2 9 30 Phoenix Is Pet. 2 4 7 Narcowuski Pet 1 4 4 1500 Wedgetail 1 4 105 1505 J.T. Pet. 1 5 24 sittin on H2O as though it could not fly. Seemed to be struggling to fly. Then got up & flew very well. Land'd & repeated the process. 1515 Pinchone 1 1 - Even gray above except for M or was only body edge unden; 1523 Shear Pet. 1 10 3- wou plait - very distinct gray on neck below eye. * Red Tailed Tropbird.