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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
DATE R3Apr62
Pg. # 2
N
W S E
time species # dir. hgt. remarks
loc.
1403 shear/petrel 1
1414 shear/petrel 1
1415 JFP 1
1435 Leach's P 4 W
1445 Sooty Tern 2
1449 Sooty Tern 50-1/0
shear/petrel 5+
shear/petrel 1
1450
1514 Pale-footed Shear 1 N
1525 Sooty Tern 3
1527 Bulwerio P 1
1531 JFP 1
1550 Leach's P 1 N
1715 shear/petrel 1
1736 Wedgetail 1
1740 JFP 1
1750 shear/petrel 2 NW
1758 JFP 1
1805 end observation
feeding at a distance
large white bill - large bulky all dark including underwing - flight unburied even in high wind.
light
JFP or Wedgetail