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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
DATE 5 OCT 1964
Pg.# 2
BI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SW
S
W
NW
SE
E
NE
N
F 0920 Sooty Shear 3 SSE Low
F 0921 Sooty Shear 47 SSE Low
F 0923 Sooty Shear 15 SSE Low
F 0923 Golden Plover 2 NNW So'
-0931 Two still circling ship-0935
-Travelling, not feeding
F 0929 Sooty Shear 16 SSE Low
0930 Cooks 1 W Low
0943 Cook's 1 W Low
F 0956 Sooty Shear 56 SSE "
F 0957 " " 15 SSE "
0959 " " 1 SSE "
1004 Brown type 1 N "
1021 Sooty Shearwater 24 SSW "
1021 " " 16 SSW "
F 1030 Sooty Shear 16 SSE Low not feeding
F 1035 " " 14 E3S "
1045 " 1 S "
1047 " 1 " "
F 1055 " 18 " " Not feeding
1057 Cook's 1 " "
1059 Shear-Pet 1 S Low
1100 Shear-Pet 1 S Low
1105 W-n Pet 1 NE Low
1105 Shear-Pet 1 NE Low
1105 Ruddy's 1 N Low
1105 W-n Pet 1 N Low
1105 Cook's 1 N Low
F 1107 Cook's 3 W Low
F 1110 Sooty Shear 12 S Low
Shear-Pet 8 "
F 1113 Sooty Shear 5 S Low
" 18 " "
F 1116 " 4 " "
1115 Wh Nk Pet 2 NE "
1118 Shear-Pet 1 SW "
T.S. T.B.
35 270
Shearwater-Petrel
T W P B T W P B
34 - 10 l 268 - 13 l
Other
Golden Plover 1/2
Flocks - 14
birds - 243
Size & shape of Cook's with uniform brown back underparts white except wings which were brown with white spot towards tip
Not seen feeding; at least 1 min. sooty