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SI-MNH-958a
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 21 March 65
Pg. # 2
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0904 WedgeTail 1 SW W 3/2
0905 Bonin 2 B 8/6
0908 Sooty Tern 3 SW S 7/1/16
0915 WedgeTail 1 SW L 8/4
0935 Sooty Tern 2 N S-P 1
0935 " " 2 N FT 1
0940 " " 1 N
0956 Bonin 1 S
1002 Bonin 1 ↓
1003 Blackfoot 8 5 following ship
Laysan 1 " "
1005 Blackfoot 13 Behind ship
1009 " 20 Behind ship
1014 " 25 Garbage thrown over board
1014 Bonin 2 W 5-15
1020 Laysan Alb. 2 join crowd following
1035 Sooty Tern 1 East 10-20
F 1039 sooty Tern 22 100-200 high soaring, scattered, flapping too, generally W.
F 1042 " 6 very low moving, not feeding
P 1044 " 13 W to 50' loose flock
P 1045 " 7 W " "
P 1046 " 6 W " "
1103 Bonin S-P Wedge 1 W low
1104 Blackfeet 18 following ship
1109 Sooty Tern 1 N to 20'
1112 Blackfeet 27
1114 Sooty Tern 1 NE 35'
1115 Laysans 3
1115 Blackfoot 31
1125 " well over 30 most lit for garbage
Laysan 3 lit with Blackfeet
1132 Fairy Tern 1 W to 15'
1143 Sooty Tern 1 W 10-20
1145 Sooty Tern 1 W 20-30
1156 Bonin Js. Petrel 1 SE low
1159 Sooty Tern 1 SW "
1200 Bonin Js. Pet. 1 "
1200 Blackfoot 28 follow
1201 Laysan Alb.
1201 Sooty Tern 3 W