ATF/SIC 6, Lipan, October-December 1964
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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