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SI-MNH-958a
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 3 Oct 64
Pg.# 1
time species # dir. hgt. remarks
loc.
0730
0732
0734
0745
0755
0755
0818
0825
0843
0856
0900
0901
0903
0906
0919
0923
0925
0927
0942
1003
1016
1017
1021
1026
1031
1038
1048
1053
1120
1200
1225
1227
1252
1252
Shaw. Petrel 2 N Low start watch [time 1 hour behind Honolulu]
Pterodroma 3 S Low
Cook's Petrel 1 NW Low
Sooty Tern 15 High Feeding
Shear-Petrel 17 U Low
Cook's Petrel 1 S Low
Porpoise sp. 4 SW — heading SW when first seen - veered to W when ship approached closely. Large individual
Cook's Petrel 1 S Low
Sooty Tern 3 S 50'
Cook Petrel 1 NW Low
" 1 N "
Pterodroma 1 S "
" 1 "
Cooki petrel 1 N "
Cook Type 1 SE Low
Cook type 1 NNE "
" 1 N "
Cook Type 1 SSW Rows — sitting on water
Wh Nk Pet 1 NNE "
CookType 1 SSE Low
CookType 1 SE Low
CookType 1 SSE Low
Shear-Pet 1 SSW Low
Cook Type 2 NNNW Low
Pterodroma 1 S Low
Shear-Pet 1 " "
Pterodroma 1 " "
Cook's petrel 1 N " — lunch
— match resumed
Shear-Pet 2 S Low Sooty shear?
Sooty Shear 2 SSE Low
Cook type 1 N "
Sooty shear 1 S "