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SI-MNH-958a
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE Oct. 6, 1964
Pg.# 3
time species # dir. hgt. remarks
F 1258 Sooty shear 8 SSE Low
1300 " 1 " "
F 1316 " 40 ±5 " "
1320 Wedgetail 2 N " — Dark phase Wedgetail or [illegible]
1327 Sooty Shear 2 SE — Dark phase
1329 — Change course to W Resume speed 8 10kt
1343 Can. Noddie 2 SW Low.
1344 Cooks 1 NW "
1352 Sooty shear 1 SSW "
F 1352 — Change to N.
1357 Wedgetail 10 N — 9 Dark, 1 light phase; not feeding
1357 — Portuguese man-o'-war or Velella-like organisms
1403 Wedgetail 1 E Low (≈1" dia) seen floating.
1409 Sooty shear 1 S " — Dark phase
1418 Wedge-tail 1 S Low — Change course to E.
F 1428 —
F 1435 Sooty Shear 25 S Low
F 1436 Sooty Shear 36 S Low (Rain squall 1452-1458)
1442 Whin. Petrel 1 S Low — Change course to S
1500 —
1510 Cooke's P. 1 S Low
1512 Cooke's P. 1 SW Low
F 1516 Sooty Sh. 9 S Low
1528 Cooke's P. 1 S Low
1531 Cooke's P. 1 E Low — sitting on water, change course to W
1532 —
1533 Cooke's P. 1 S Low
1605 — Change to N
1609 Sooty shear 1 SSE "
1610 " 1 " "
1618 " 1 S "
TS TB
23 149
Shov.-Pet.
TW PB TW PB
22-4-6 — 147-13-7-
Terns
T #
1 2
Blocks Birds
6 189