SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG — E DATE 12 Jan 65 Pg.# 1 N W E S time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0645 begin observations 0800 bird op 0845 Sooty Tern 75 ±25 Frigate 0840 Sooty Tern 2 E 0902 W.N. Petrel 1 E 0920 Sooty Tern 40 Wedge-tail 4 J.F. Petrel 2 S Shear/petrel 1 Fairy Tern 1 0924 Sooty Tern 2 0925 Kermadec P 1 Shear/petrel 1 0933 Sooty Tern 1 NE 1019 Shear/petrel 1 1034 Fairy Tern 1 1038 Black-footed 1 Albatross 1235 " " 1 1330 Wedgetail 1 1330 W TTB 1 1410 Shear/petrel 1 1446 Loach's Petrel 2 1530 Flock - Sooty Terns 5+ Shearwater/ Petrel 5+ 1538 Shear/petrel 1 1546 Sooty Tern 3 S 1546 White-tail 1 Tropicbird 1658 Shear/petrel 1 1710 Shear/petrel 1 1757 end observations large seen by [illegible] Asari feeding ventral antenna edge of wing fairly third hard, apparent to flip light feeding light or intermediate — did not follow ship black phase bird of the year — actively feeding at edge of heavy rain squall far out in cleat, and inceptors to get good count 1235-1600 18FA — fly with tern when first observed 1600 28FA Very large - larger than any S/P I've ever seen. flushed from water, + flew directly away from ship, very low over water, dark above, Sooty Tern below (Think. Wings belong to be jaeger type - several fairly loose flap at glide