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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