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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E
DATE 18 OCT. 64
Pg.#
STANDON
Flock time species # dir. hgt. remarks left. Xmas Is. 0700 to go around it. loc.
Flock 0930 Sooty RF 28 Imm. caught @ 20 yellow fin
Sooty Tern 28 Humped imm-adult
Fairy Tern 10 left - 0700
Frigate 4 1 4
Flock 0945 RF Booby 18 2 43
Na. Noddy 2 Sooty Tern 10 Gray back Tern 1 2 35
Common Noddy 2 1 2 Hooded sooty 2 1 2
Flock 1330 RF Booby 15 3 58 all immature
Masked Booby 20 2 22 all adult but 2 imm
Brown. ' ' 12 Sooty Tern 20 1 12 Na. Noddy 20 3 55 Wedgetail? 2 1 2 3
Flock 1430 RF Booby 50 4 108 MIXED but mostly Imm.
Masked 15 3 37 ad.
Wedgetail 10 2 12 Na. Noddy 25 3 28 Sooty Tern 25
Flock 1510 Sooty Tern 50 4 80 RF Booby 25 5 130 Masked Booby 5 4 133 Na Noddy 10 4 42 Frigate 4 2 #8 - eating off H2O
Flock 1630 Sooty Tern 100 1 230 Noddy (Hp) 20 Masked Booby 5 5 58 RF. Boobies 10 5 52 Wedgetail 50 6 183 Frigate 10 3 22 8 3 14
Not Totalled