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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
S
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 6 June 1966
Pg. # 1
NOON POSITION: HONOLULU HARBOR
(BEFORE DEPARTURE)
SAILING TIME: 1600
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1637 Leaving Honolulu Harbour.
1639 wedgetail 1 E It phase:
1641 " 1 " " ".
1649 Sooty Tern 2 E
1651 Shear Pet 1 NE Dark back - light underparts probably Juan Fern
1652 Sooty Tern 5 NE Ad
1654 " " 1 NE "
1655 " " 5 NE AD
1657 " " 13 NE AD
1700 " " 1 NE AD
1703 Porpoise 2 CC Turriops Truncatus (Balcomb)
1704 Sooty T 13 NE Ad
1704 Wedgetail 2 NE - light phase
1706 " " 2 E light phase & Dark phase
1708 C. Noddy 2 W
1709 RFB 2 E It phase
" Sooty tern 1 NE adult
1710 " " 1 E "
FF 1713 Birds 150+ @ on horizon
1714 Sooty fern 4 E Adult
1717 " " 3 E AD -
1718 " " 1 E age not determined
1719 " " 4 @ adult
1720 Tern sp? 15+3 @
TF 1721 wedgetail 30+5 E It phase.
" " 1 W " "
FF 1722 Sooty tern 150+ @
1723 RFB 1 E int phase
1725 common noddy 1 E
1728 wedgetail 3 E It phase
1728 common noddy 2 E
SF 1730 Birds (terns) & petrels 300 @ Tr
1731 Sooty fern 5 N not a flock.
TF 1733 C. Noddy 5 E
1735 Wedgetail 1 E light phase
1735 Sooty fer 4 E adult
1736 wedgetail 1 E It phase
1736 RFB 2 @
" Wedgetail 1 " in front of ship
" common noddy 1 E