SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E DATE 27 Apr 65 Pg.# N W E S time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0520 begin observations 0525 Leach's Petrel (1) follows 0548 Sooty Shearwater (1) NW 0537 RTTB 0608 Arctic Tern (2) NW 0627 RTTB (2) 0642 Sooty Shearwater (1) NW 0745 Sooty Shearwater (1) E 0549 2 BFA flushed 0610 small (50) school of squid broke surface flushed - pink squid small - 3" seemed curious don't alight - flew slowly, flopping occasionally. seemed very large - clear white central part of underwing but somehow bird looked different. 0755 Sooty Shearwater (1) 0758 Leach's Petrel (1) 0808 Leach's S.P. (2) 0817 Arctic Tern (1) 0900 Arctic Tern (1) 0903 Leach's S.P. 0905 Leach's S.P. 0908 Sooty (?) Shearwater 0910 Leach's S.P. 0915 Leach's S.P. 0919 Leach's S.P. 0955 Tern (1) 1002 R.T. Tropicbird (2) circle ship 1017 Leach's Petrel (1) 1043 bird 1052 Leach's Petrel (1) 1105 Leach's Petrel (1) 1108 Leach's Petrel (1) 1110 Leach's Petrel (6) 1118 Leach's Petrel (1) 1130 RTTB (1) 1132 Leach's Petrel (1) 1140 Leach's Petrel (1) NW 1150 Sooty Shearwater (1) 1230 Leach's S.P. bird 1259 Leach's St. Pet. 1300 Leach's St. Pet. 1305 Leach's St. Pet. 1312 Layson Albatross 1313 Leach's St. Pet. 0800 3 BFA at stern try to chum. They grab + run, try to steal from other. distant seen by watch (George) id by capt. (?) may have been jaeger - vanished in thick air 1100 BFA has pt wristtip beat up - may have been broken at wrist - flying feathers whitened and frayed spread out, very loose flight almost ran over ship - white with fine long red spike 1200 5 BFA reported by watch 1300 3 BFA circles ship then follows