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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E
DATE 17 Apr 65
Pg.# 2
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
Noon Sooty Tern 50 15 feeding flock
Fairy Tern 3
Wedgetail Shear. 12 5
1203 Sooty Tern 2
(1216 Leach's St.Petrel 1
1248 Shear/Petrel 2 W
1318 Sooty Tern 10 2 distant, high arcs
Wedgetail 45 1 circling flock, not actually observed to pull close
Bulwer's Petrel 1 to feed
(1324 Shear/Petrel 3
1345 Shear/Petrel 3
1347 Sooty Tern 2
1402 SS 2 NW seen by cattle watch,
1412 Shear/petrel 1 NW
1420 Shear/Petrel 1 NWS
1440 Frigate 2
1449 Mottled P. 1 N dogfighting
1500 Sooty Tern 35 ±10 seen quite clearly - arcing light humpbacked
Noddy Tern 15 ±5
Wedgetail 15 ±5
Fairy Tern 4
Newell's S. 2
1510 SS 4 N
1515 Sooty Tern 75 ±25 feeding in distance
Shear/Petrel 25 ±10
1525 Sooty Tern 75 ±25
Shear/Petrel 15
Fairy Tern 1
1528 Bulwer's P. 1 N
1529 Mottled P. 1 N good look
1530 Tern spp 1 N
1531 SS 4 N
1535 Sooty Tern 60 ±5 high, then dropped to feed
Fairy Tern 3
Wedgetail 20
Leach's P. 1
1536 SS 1 NW
1540 SS 1 N
1543 SS 1 N
1547 SS 1 N
1552 SS 1 N
1555 SS 1 N