SI-MW-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE March 4, 1965
Pg. # 2
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0800 7 BFA
0803 Sooty Tern 1 <-
0805 Wedgetail 1 ->
0806 " 1 <-
0807 Sooty Tern 2 <-
0807 Sooty Storm 2 <- Tail short, pointed, flight more uniform than Bulwers, more like Pterodroma; 100 yds about
0816 Wedgetail 1 <-
0817 Sooty Tern 1 ->
0818 Wedgetail 2 ->
0818 Whale far ahead
0825 Petrel sp. 1 <- SSP or Bal - distant
0845 Shear-Pet 1 -> distant; Sculling more like Pterodroma
0828 Sooty Tern 1 ->
0841 Wedgetail 1 ->
0847 Fairy Tern 1 ->
0856 11 BFA
0854 Phalarope 1 Got off water ahead, hit again, then
0922 Sooty Tern 2 -> ST 11/8
0925 Wedgetail 1 -> W 8/7
0936 Fairy Tern 1 <- SSP 2/11
0951 " " 1 -> Pet 1
0951 G.B. Tern 1 <- S-P 1
1006 FT 1 ↓ FT 7/7
1015 WT 1 ( ↑ light Ph 1
1021 ST 1 ↑ G.B.T 1
1036 FT 1 ↓ LSD 1
1050 FT 1 → LA 1
1109 ST 2 34/29
1130 BFA apparently fishing as it pursued its course to the NNE - made two dives from about 35-40 feet and one aborted dive from about 40 feet to 20 feet.
3
1230 BFA 6 Follow
1300 " 6 |
1339 Sooty Tern 1 ↑ 45' at last!
1350 Fairy Tern 1 ->
1355 Leach's St. Pet. 1 lit on water out some distance, but white rump seen
1404 Laysan Al. 1 rear BFA circled close over it once.