BCF, Cromwell, April 1965
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ST-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E DATE 19 Apr 65 Pg.# 1 S E N W time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0537 begin observations 0540 BFA 1 0543 tern sp. 1 0600 Leach's Petrel 1 0630 jaeger sp. 2 NW small type jaegers.- grey brown above - whitish, below - did not have the fine plumage of the bird of the 18th, nor lengthy central rectrices 0650 2 BFA 0730 Frigate 2 0750 Leach's Petrel 1 0813 Leach's St. Pet 1 0814 Wedgetail 1 SW 0822 Leach's St. Pet 1 0829 Bulwer's Petrel 1 SW 0850 Leach's St. Pet 1 0856 Sooty Shearwater 1 W 0859 Leach's St. Pet 1 0907 Leach's 1 0942 Leach's 1 0959 Sooty Shearwater 1 1033 Leach's Petrel 1 1050 jaeger sp. 1 1055 Frigate 1 1100 Layson A. 1 1105 Leach's Petrel 2 1150 Leach's Petrel 1 NW 204 I collected by King #0519 constant flapping flight directionial - flying higher than normal 1201 Leach's St. Pet 1 1215 Sooty Shearwater 1 1248 Gr. Frigatebird 2 circle 1/4 mi. 1 Ad. F, 1 Imm. F 1305 Pom. Jaeger 1 observed persistently chasing, even occasionally seeming to peck back at the Imm. & Frigate mentioned above 20-50' above water as they go around & round. Jaeger's tail spread out full. 1339 Sooty Shearwater 1 1420 Sooty Tern 1 NW 1440 Sooty Shear 1 NW 1457 RTTB 1 1532 Sooty Tern 10 Pom. Jaeger 1 1400-1600 0 BFA [illegible] - [illegible] Feeding - PJ chasing the terns