BCF, Cromwell, April 1965
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SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG — E DATE 29 Apr 65 Pg. # 1 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0545 begin observatio 0632 Leach's P 1 N 0636 Sooty Shear 1 N 0642 Dead Pump P. 1 N 0648 Sooty Shear 1 N 0658 Sooty Shear 1 NW 0715 Sooty Shear 1 NW 0730 Sooty Shear 1 NW 0740 Arctic Tern 3 N 0745 Leach's P 1 N 0750 BFA 1 [illegible] 0753 Arctic Tern 2 N 0819 Leach's St. Pet. 1 NE 0830 Sooty (?) Tern 1 S 0830 Shear/Petrel 1 W 0907 Leach's St. Pet. 2 0945 LSP 4 1011 Leach's P 2 NW 1100 Leach's P 1 1115 RTTB 1 2 NW 1120 Leach's P 1 W 1123 Phalarope 1 N 1143 Leach's P 1 NW 1236 LSP 1 1313 Sooty Shear 1 NW 1315 Shear/Petrel 1 W 1319 Arctic (?) Tern 1 N 1328 LSP 2 1330 LSP 2 N 1359 LSP 1 N 1414 Sooty Shear 3 NW 1416 Leach's P 1 NW 1434 Leach's P 1 NW 1447 Sooty Shear 3 NW 1455 Shear/Petrel 1 SSE 1641 Frigate bird 1 1645 Bird 1 1647 LSP 4 N 1707 Sooty Shear. 3 NW 1712 LSP 2 N 1737 LSP 1 N 1755 Sooty Shear 1 N gorgeous - came by very close + doubled back for second look. Thick dark underwing edges + dark back 16/10 — distant messing around our stern as we're stopped for Hydro Sta. 1000 | BFA pink-flushed 1145 1BFA getting blown something fierce dist. 1330 1 BFA stopped for paper airplane I flew at him 1530 Albatross back with us he's shuffling primaries - probably 5, 2 or 3 on each side flaps more than wind calls for. 1630 Either this a new 'fross or swift molter All primaries seem p + a.f. (white rump) Ternite says jaeger but circling high when