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SI-MNB-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
foul, damn day
DATE 23 MARCH '65
Pg.# 3
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0848 Wedgetail Skew 3 W to 20'
0849 Wedgetail 1 NW low
0851 " "
0852 Blackfoot Albatross 8 - - come on 4 in water, 4 more in air follow ship
0855 Wedgetail 3 NW low each ½ minute apart actually
0859 " 1 NE "
0900 Haw. Noddy 2 N "
0901 Sooty Tern 1 - -
0914 Wedgetail 1 N " Kaula in sight
0915 " 1 " "
0920 " 2 N -
0923 " 1 - -
0926 Fairy Tern 1 - -
0930 Blackfoot Alb. 9 follow
Laysan Alb. 2
0931 Sooty Tern 2 - -
0942 " 1 NW -
0943 Wedgetail 1 " "
0944 Sooty Tern 2 N -
0947 Wedgetail 1 - -
0947 Brown Booby 1 W to 15' 2d.
0948 Fairy Tern 1 - -
0955 ? Albatross 1 - size of and generally marked like Laysan but quite light "salt + pepper" all across back + tops of wings
0956 Sooty Tern 4 - -
0957 " 3 NW -
NF 1000 Sooty Tern 20 2 N Stream W 20/15
1002 Wedgetail 1 N HN 2/1
1002 G.B.Tern 1 N ST 42/12
1003 " 1 N FT 2/2
1003 S. Frigate 1 NW 150' L 3/1
1005 Wedgetail 1 NW BB 1
1007 S.Tern 1 NW Alb. 4
1012 " 1 W Kawai GBT 5/5
1012 " 1 N Kikai in sight CP 1
1013 " 2 E P 3/1
1013 " 4 N
1014 Wedgetail 1 W
1016 Shearwater 2 NW 85?
1016 G.B.Tern 1 N
1020 " 1 N
1020 " 1 N
1031 Wedgetail 1 W