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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
ATF
DATE October 7, 1964
Pg. # 1
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0730
0736
0741 Wedgetail 1 SE Low L.P.
0744 Shear-Pet 2 SSE n probably Wedgetail, possibly Baleri.
0745 Cook's 1 E "
0749 Shear-Pet 1 SSE "
0753 Ruddy Turn 1 Q Low circling ship.
0756 Change course to N.W.
0802 Sooty Shear. 1 ESE Low
0804 Wedgetail 1 E Low DARK PHASE
0812 11 1 X/ Low L.Phase
0812 Haurcourt's Type Storm Petrel 2 WSW Low 2 Blades with broad white rump, easy in flight. Easy gliding flight. Also butterfly-like flight, easy downward strokes. Flight not erratic.
0820 Wedgetail 2 SE Low dark phase
0825 W-n Petrel 2 SE Low dark phase
0830 Wedgetail 3 NNW Low
0836 Cook Type 1 N Low
0850 W-n Petrel 1 G Low
0905 Golden Plover 1 SSW to 70' Low
0908 Wedgetail 1 NW Low light phase
F 0917 Fairy Tern 1 6 D Low Not seen feeding.
0931 Cook's 1 SE Low
0948 Shear-Pet 1 S Low
0950 Wedgetail 2 NE Low Idal phase
0957 Cook's 1 E Low
0958 W-n Petrel 1 SE Low
1000 Shear-Pet 1 SE Low
1002 Cook's Petrel 1 SW "
1006 Cook's 1 SE Low
1008 Cookin Petrel 1 NW Low