SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E C.D. GIBBERT CRABE 24 DATE 19 OCTOBER 1964 Pg.# 1 STANDER 315° WIND 24 knt. Strong alo going away. Time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0610 Sooty Shearwater 1 1 1 — 0620 RF Booley 1 1 1 — 0626 Fairy Tern 1 1 1 — 0635 Wedgetail 1 1 1 — " " 0640 RTTB 5 2 4 0647 Sooty Tern 1 1 1 — 0650 FLOCK Sooty Tern 1 1 1 — Sooty sp. 75 1½ 75¾ Booby sp. 35 Phoenix Is Pet 1 1 1 Looking for skipjack. Birds feed more actively on skipjack than over yellowfin. Because the yellowfin swim deeper & only occasionally come to the surface clearing the smaller fish up with them. Skipjack feed on the surface so the birds feed very actively over them. 0700 Wedgetail (30mm) 10 ½2 16 When the flock stops above the water most of the time & only occasionally 10 2birds dive at the water = yellowfin 0730 RF Booley 1 2 2 Continuous diving at the water by many birds = skipjack seen during last 30 min. 0730 " " 0740 Sooty Shear 1 3 3 0751 Wedgetail 1 2 2 0810 Booby RF 3 ½4 19 0813 Sooty Tern 10 7¾ 13 0825 Fairy Tern 10 2 11 0825 Pterodroma 1 2 2 0838 Cook Petrel 1 1 1 0838 Wedgetail 1 1 1 0845 Sooty Tern 3 17 22 Cast so min. 0846 RF Booley 2 3 19 Strong out 0847 HA Noddys Tern 1 15 0852 Cook Petrel 1 1 1 0853 Wedgetail 1 2 2 0853 Shearwater 2 19 24 0856 Fairy Tern 1 1 1 0856 Phoenix Is. Pet 1 3 3 0858 Sooty Tern 1 2 2 0908 Wedgetail 1 4 20 0908 Masked Booby 3 22 27 Adult. 0915 RF Booley 1 1 1 Wedgetail 8 10 23 0925 Cook Petrel 1 23 27 0925 RF Booley 1 3 3 0930 RF Booley 1 11 24 0935 Wedgetail 2 12 26 0940 RF. Booley 2 25 3½ 0945 Shearwater 1 13 27 FANNING Island In sight. 0946 Sooty Tern 1 3 3 0946 Fairy Tern 1 5 2½ 0955 Cook Petrel 2 5 8 0955 Fairy Tern 2 4 5 Booby RF 5 7 10 {Last 10 min. 0958 Fairy Tern 6 19 33 0959 Phoenix Is. Pet 2 18 12 1027 RF Booley 7 3 4 1040 END WATCH 20 3½ NOTE Obs. today Island in sight rest of day. Left off mail at Fanning 1130am picked it up at 460pm. Species Desc. BADOS loc. Locality TAG Booby Dist.