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SI-MWB-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE March 5,1965
Pg.#
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0600 BFA 6 Following ship
0608 RFB 1 Adult
0619 Sunrise
0635 BFA 7 Following ship
0645 Sooty Tern 3 ← low
0647 Blue-faced B. 1 ← low Circling as it moved west - Adult
0654 Sooty Tern 26 ← low in three groups of two
0703 BFA 4 Following ship
0712 Sooty Tern 4 ↓ low
0716 Kachoes S.P. 1 ↓ low 0715 - Making preening motions of flight into the neck.
0722 Sooty Tern 2 ↑
0722 " " 3 ←
0726 " " 1 ←
0726 " " 1 → ST 56/17
0734 " " 2 ↓ 200ft BF 1
LSP 1
0735 BFA 5 Following ship L 3/3
0735 Laysan A 1 ← G-B 1
0737 Laysan A 1 ←
0745 BFA 8 Flot in water
0802 BFA 6
0830 " 5 follow
0836 Sooty Tern 1 ↑
0852 " 2 ↑ to 50'
0900 BFA 6 follow
0905 " 9 "
0928 Laysan Alb 1 -
0930 BFA 9 follow
1000 BFA 5 follow
1015 C.I.B. Tern 1 ↓
1025 Sooty Tern 8
1029 Sooty Tern 4 ←
1031 Sooty Tern 2 ← very prominent tail streamers.
1035 " " 1 ←
1035 Whale - 60' long, surfaced behind
1058 12 BFA
1107 ST 1
1130 ST 13 tranquilly speckled
1145 ST 2