Leewards, Shearwater, March 1965
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SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG — E DATE March 22 Pg.# 2 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0743 Lay san 1 W 5-20 0747 Wedgetail 1 W " 0750 " 3 S 5-20 0755 Puffinus Christinas Is 2 N CIS or SS type - no arcing 0758 Fairy Tern 1 W 3oft FF 0758 Sooty Term 90% 10 distant off stbd Wedgetail 15 5 Phycadi 2 Nil. Red foot 1 17 Blackfoot 0800 0804 Wedgetail 1 W 0805 Sooty Tern 1 NW 0806 Wedgetail 2 S 0806 " 1 W 1rw CIS or SS type - no arcing, quick wing beats 0813 Puffinus Christinas Is 1 N Sooty Shear type, long low arcs w much flapping - 0819 Puffinus 2 NW too far to see underwings 08-19 " 1 NW 0824 Wedgetail 1 E 0834 " 1 E 0824 Lay san 1 0827 Puffinus 1 NW Sooty shear type L 3/3 0827 " 2 W 27/10 0827 " 2 P 11/8 0827 " 1 FT 3/2 0827 " 1 ST 96/5 0828 Fairy Tern 2 O F 2/1 Tern sp. 2-3 RF 2/2 0828 Sooty Tern 3 S Term 3/2 0828 Bonin 1 NW B 1 0831 Tern sp 1 S trw distant SS 2/2 0833 Sooty Tern 1 NW " B/B 1 0842 Wedgetail 1 E 15/ 0842 Lay san 1 on water 0845 Sooty Shear 1 W close Note slightly lighter area 0845 " " 1 W " near tip of upper wing; wingbeats 0846 Wedgetail 1 N Dark phase similar to CIS in horizontal flight, 0850 Sooty Tern 1 E slightly slower, more of wing used 0850 Red-foot 1 E Ad. 0852 Brown (Body) 1 W 2mm