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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
Noon Posn. 25°08'N 151°32'W
DATE Pg.#
20 April 1966
[illegible]
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0630 Baegun Observation
0630 B-F Albatros 5 following ship.
0645 Tropicbird sp. 1
0710 Shear-Pet 2 NNW probable Sat/S1b - but for sure it's a
0717 shear-typa 1 squall.
0720 Sooty/S1b 1 following ship.
0727 Sooty Shearwater 1 just flying about - clear while underwng.
0740
0742 Sooty Shear. 2 NW W
0747 Storm Pet
0840 more squalls for the last 7 hrs.
0845 Sooty Shearer 1
0849 Shear-Pet 1 NNW for sure - Possible Sat/S1b
0855 B-F Albatros 1 total of 6 following Ships.
0920
1030 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW W sq. 1/ again - been in a for 10 min and
1117 Shear-Pet 1 still plenty to go.
1130 Dinner
1230
1300 Layson Albatros 1 can turn also.
1332 Sooty Shear 2 NW W following ships
1410 Shear Petal 1 NW way out again
1505 Arctic tern 1 mean fishing ball - may have been sitting on it.
1505 Layson Albatros 1 2d. Positive
1515 Storm Petrel 1 following 5 trips
1530 B-F Albatross 1 total of 7 following ships
1605 Sooty Shearwater 1 underwng seem well -
1610 Sooty Shearwater 2 N
1617 Sooty Shearwater 2 N
1622 Sooty Shearwater 1 N
1630
1645