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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