Leewards, Shearwater, March 1965
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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