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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E
DATE 18 Apr 65
Pg.# 2
N
E
S
W
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1625 Sooty Tern 75 ±15 feeding at a distance
1650 Pom. Jaeger 15 ±10 light with prominent 10 entries
1655 Mottled P. 1 1700 MSTS Ship passed at 8 miles - impossible to see albatross at that distance
1710 Sooty Tern 2 Jaeger 2p 1 Jaeger chasing Terns up & down starboard
1715 SS 1 NNE
1716 Leach's P. 1
1718 SS 1 NNE
1725 SS 1 NE
1800 Mottled P 1 N
1802 Sooty Tern 4 N 3 flock moving
1804 Sooty Shearwater 1 NW
1807 Newell's Shearw. 1 S
1815 Leach's St. Pet. 1
1816 Sooty Shearwater 2
1817 Sooty Shearw. 1 V
1818 Sooty Tern 3 W
1838 hrs. 4 BFA
1840 CEASE OBSERVATIONS
SUN EXTINGUISHED!