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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE Oct. 4, 1964
Pg.# 1
ATF
SW
S
W
SE
E
N
NW
NE
N
W
E
S
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0730
0731 Wedgetail 1 N Low
0750 Sooty Shear 2 S "
F 0754 Pterodroma Wedgetail 3 6 Cook's 1
Appeared to be feeding; flew in circle, and a school of several hundred flying fish left the water under them — perhaps porpoise or tuna under them. 1 dark phase Wedgetail.
0807 Pterodroma 1 N Low
0810 " 1 " "
0824 Golden plover 1 ENE 10' Flying W/ slow wingbeats as though tired.
0826 Pterodroma 1 N Low
FF 0827 Shear - Pet 6
Wedgetail 1 dark phase
Sooty tern 1 Immature
Same pattern as 0754, with a large school of fish leaving the water. The flock then broke up and headed north.
0836 Pterodroma 1 NNW Low
0840 Golden plover 3 E 30'
0841 Pterodroma 1 SE Low
0847 Shark Pet 3 N "
0854 Pterodroma 1 SSW "
0908 Pterodroma 1 NNW Low
0914 Pterodroma 1 SSW Low
0916 Wedgetail 1 SE Low
0921 Pterodroma 1 SSW Low
Dark Phase
0931 Shear - Pet 1 S "
0942 Sooty shear 1 S "
0943 Shear Pet 1 E "
0948 Pterodroma 1 N "
0954 Cook type 2 " "
1008 " 1 " "
1008 White Neck 1 " "
1009 Pterodroma 1 NNW Low
1010 Cook Type 1 ESE Low
1017 Cook's 1 NE Low
1020 Sooty Shear 1 S Low
1030 Pterodroma 1 NW Low
1031 W. n. Petrel 1 NNW Low
1035 Cook's 1 ENE Low
Naysnally high glides for all but Sooty shear; White undersides, however.