SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 N.W. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E DATE 16 June 1966 Pg. # 4 NOON POSITION: 2601N; 173-25W time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. SF 1142 RFB 1 SE lt. phase 1144 Sooty Tern 4 NW ad 1145 Wedgetail 1 SE lt. phase 1147 Sooty Tern 1 SE ad. 1149 Gr. Frigat. 1 SE ♀ 1152 Wedgetail 2 N lt. phase 1208 " 1 Q all light-phase 1210 " 2 Nu " 1211 Sooty tern 1 N adult- 1215 " " 2 NE ad. 1221 " " 1 N ad. 1222 " " 2 W ad. FF 1225 Wedgetail 7500 light concentrated feeding on 3-4 Sooty Tern 4000 ad. small patches (schools) joined RFB 7 by albatrosses. Terns diving C Nooy 15 and wedgetails sitting on H2O Hav.Nooyr 5 1239 Gr Frig 5 E 3 imm, 2 ads 1240 Wedgetail 2 N imm 1241 Gr Frig 3 E in a long line on the 1220 very dense FF 1244 Wedgetail 5000-1500 flocks mostly sooty, or C.Noodry + Hav. Noory TERN sp 3000-1500 in a cloud above the RFB 17 wedgetails Gr Frig 10 Laysan A. 5 1245 Gr. Fri's 18 NE leaving above flock 1250 Wedgetail 4 E light joining above flock 1251 Sooty Tern 3 S ads 1300 BFA 15 @ LA 5 @ 1301 Wedgetail 5 following in albatross 1302 Sooty T 5 " " " 1310 RFB 4 E RAIN 1300 - 1315 1314 Sooty Tern 4 N 1315 Wedgetail 4 Q all TP 1317 Sooty Tern 6 W ads 1320 Wedgetail 6 W Sooty Tern 15 W 1326 Bulwers P 1 NW ad. 1326 Sooty T. 5 N ad. 1327 " " 5 W