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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 7 Oct. 1964
Pg. # 2
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1009 White Neck 1 SE Low
1012 Bulwer's 1 " "
1016 Dark mump 1 W "
1017 Bulwer's 1 NE "
1019 Cook's 2 SE "
1028 Pterodroma 1 " "
1033 Shear-Pet 1 SW "
1034 Cook's 1 SE "
1045 Cook's 1 NE "
1051 Cook's 1 SE "
1054 Bulwer's 1 " sitting on water
1055 " 1 " also sitting on water
1056 " 1 " Low
1057 Sooty shear 2 SSW "
1057 Shear-Pet 1 SSW " — same bird as species at 1033 — rather close in time.
1107 Bulwer's 1 2 "
1122 Sooty shear 1 SE "
1124 Sooty Shear 1 SE Low — Secured wet bird
1125
1153 — Scene wet.
1154 Bulwer's 1 SE Low — course bearing 135° SE
1158 Sooty shear 1 S "
1203 — course bearing 135° SE
1207 Bulwer's Petrel 1 S Low
1223 Bulwer's 1 SE Low — change course to NW
1226 Collared Type 1 S Low — dark leading edge of wing.
1245 — change course to NW
1254 White Neck 1 W Low — Attempted to feed but evolutionary adaptation: A demorically elusive flying fish proved too much. Didn't dive but dipped for it.