SI-MWB-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG — E calm 15% cloudy, mod. swells moon waning DATE 21 Mar 65 Pg.# 1 Vin Hoeman on watch time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0600 Blackfoot Albatross follow begin birdwatch 0605 Laysan Alb. 3 NW 25' Circled once. 0607 Black foot 3 follow to 30' Layrans at distance 0610 Layran 2 0621 Black foot 4 follow to 40' species mingle at times Laysan 3 0622 apparent sunrise (horizon obscured by clouds) 0624 Black foot 9 follow to 40' exact count difficult, some of both spt lit together on water Laysan 3 can they smell chow cooking? 0627 Bonin Jr. Petrel 1 NW to 35' far out 0630 Sooty Tern 2 W " alternately low and high 0634 Laysan Alb. 1 N " not one of ship followers apparently 0648 Bonin Jr. Petrel 1 NW low 0650 " 1 N " 0652 Sooty Tern 10 W to 50' crying, a loose flock splits around us 0652 Bonin Jr. pet. 1 N low 0653 Sooty Tern 2 W to 40' 0657 " 1 SW to 25' 0700 Blackfoot Alb. 11 follow to 50' in sight at present 0702 Wedgetail 1 S low 0708 Laysan Alb. 1 - 0711 Blackfoot " 18 14 Black foot + 1 Layran lit for garbage Laysan " 1 4 Blackfeet stayed in air 0715 Pterodroma 1 E low gray back, immaculate white belly + underwings extending up behind 0718 Sooty Tern 2 N to 50' head, 0725 Wedgetail 1 W low far astern. 0727 " 1 NW " 0728 Christmas Island Sh. 1 S " BIP 6/6 0735 Wedgetail 1 E " LA 7/7 0736 Great Frigatebird 1 W to 200' in distance ST 22/8 0744 Bonin Jr. Petrel 1 SE to 30' G 6/6 0802 Laysan 1 ↓ PT 1 0802 Wedgetail 1 C/S 1 0805 Laysan 1 → GF 1 0812 Sooty Tern 1 → S-P 1 0823 Sk. Petrel 1 far off port - dark above, white below 0835 Wedgetail 1 off stern 0836 Sooty Tern 2 SW 0837 Bonin 1 S 0940 15-18 Blackfoots + 1 Layran lit astern 0843 Sooty Tern 2 N