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20 April 1967 Washington 3 EHC #11 28+ MVG71A-B
ScrIPPS 29-1 DELONG, ROBERT L.
N A
1967-IV,V
Time Species # Dir. Remarks
0515 S.R. lay in cols.
0530 Shull ap. (large) 1 SW imm bird - light to kill poor.
0545 Puffinus sp. Puffinus 1 N Centrally dark back, light belly, underwing not seen. Low, on the water fly by.
0550 Western Shull 1 SSW Following Ship. (2)
FR 0555 Shon /Peto. 5± 84 3 Feeding over a school of feeding fish.
Shull ap. 2+ SSW
0602 Red Phalarope 1 SW Sun is above 1 or flight with around
0615 Puffinus sp. Puffinus 1 W flops & glides. N w. entry.
0615 S-W Shull 1 S nd.
0623 T-B-E A/ betros 1 - Following - Avoided from many birds
0640 Shull ap. 2 SE Imm. Merga W. too.
0645 Red Phalarope 35± 334 - Seen bird with Night-time class.
0705-0730 Blackfoot
0820 Shull ap. 1 S Large: Adult.
0835 Black Petrel 1 S Reliably 35; have any late.
0845
0900 Sooty Shearwater 1 N Shale underwing seen well.
0910 Black Petrel (chumbe in 2 min) 1 SSW - out or high. Reliability 7-8
0930 At all stop wading on south. Attempting to pierce a 1000 meter area
0935 Western Shull 1 SSW
1046 Still of All Stop - c/lone also. Sparingly.
1330 Resume Obs. - The Deep drop is now being sub. (Sloop (1000f.) buttle sub)
1430 Underwing @ 160°
1545
1550 Stone Petrel 2+ WSW B.F.A./betrass - Approximately some bird
1600 Birds up sitting on K-elp bud 2 - corpses seen 30-45 minutes.
- One definitely all black.
- A Brown headed guy at ten levels
- a possible gull and/or even remnant
of a bird.