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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 2 October 64
Pg.# 5
S SW
SE W NW
E N
NE
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1247 Wedgetail 1 N low
1306 Frigate 2 G 100' Distant; no flock visible.
1317 Pterodroma 1 SE low
1317 Wedgetail 1 " "
1318 Wh Nk Pet 1 " "
1332 Wedgetail 10 N " not feeding
1323 " 1 N "
1324 Pterodroma 1 SE "
1327 Great Frigate 2 NE 100' Reappeared 1333; both immature.
1328 Pterodroma 1 N low
1328 Sooty shear 1 S "
1331 Newell's 1 " "
1335 Pterodroma 1 WSW " Not Cook's
1337 " 1 W "
1341 " 1 #SW "
1349 b. Frigate 1 ON 150'
1349 Sooty Shear 1 S low
1355 Kermeede Pet 1 NNE "
1403 Sooty tern 1 E 30'
1404 Shear - Pet 2 SW low probably Wedgetails
1404 Cook type 1 NE " light gray back, brownish cheek.
1415 Shear Pet 1 NW "
1420 Wh-n-Petrel 3 " low
1421 Pterodroma 1 NW low
1424 Wh Nk- PET 5 NE " Dark rump? Clear white band over tail, dark
1424 Cook type 1 " " wrist spots, Wh neck.
1425 Newell's 1 SSE " Sitting on water.
1435 W-n-Petrel 1 #SW low sitting on H2O
1435 Cook's Type 1 SW low
1435 Newell's 1 NE "
1436 Cook type 1 SW "
1436 Wedgetail 1 NE "
1440 Sooty shear 1 SSE "
1441 " 1 " "
1448 Newell's 1 SSE " No dark wrist spots visible
1448 Wh Nk PET 1 " "