SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG — E DATE 15 Apr 65 Pg. # 2 N W S E time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 1141 Wedgetail SS 2 NW 1 NW light flying with Wedgetails 1145 Sooty Tern 2 1146 Sooty Tern 5 1150 probably Jaeger 1 on water Termite says he saw "skua-like" bird with white patch on head ??. [illegible]?? I didn't see it. 1305 Sooty Shearwater 2 NW 1306 Sooty Tern (?) 3 1308 Sooty Tern 8 Wedgetail 6 in extreme distance (could be flock) high, scattered, hunting flock Closer, compact group 5 dark, 1 light 1315 W.T. Tropicbird ( 1318 Sooty Tern 3SSS 3 Wedgetail 7 Feeding flock, Wedgetails light in water Skipjack jumping 1332 Sooty Tern 20±10 3 Wedgetail 5±5 Feeding (?) Flock in distance - probably all dark 1347 Leach's St. Petrel 2 1350 Sooty Tern 3 Wedgetail 2 Feeding (?) probably all dark 1402 Shear/petrel 1 1430 Christmas IS 1 Shear 1450 shear/petrel 1 1452 shear/petrel 1 1610 Jaeger 1 N low moving steadily 1613 Sooty Tern 6 SE high 1620 school at least 12 porpoises, short, very thick, black blunt-nosed looking as they breech. They don't come close. 1628 Jaeger 1 N 1630 Leach's St. Petrel 1 NNW 1656 Sooty Shearwater 1 NNW 1727 W.T. Tropicbird 1 1747 Sooty Tern 47 Wedgetail 2 Newell's S. 1 dour feeding 1755 SS 1 N 1808 Shear/petrel 1 N 1824 SS 1 NW 1829 shear/petrel 1 NW 1830 Leach's Petrel 1 1833 end observations 6 n~1 Nw=1 ab-3 176