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176
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
P Gould
Date 14 julg/967
Pg.#
SPECIMEN
or
Seamise = 0547
begin observation of = 0610
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0615 flicon Ferring
Schit
1-
0616 " "
1-
0620 " "
1-
0623 " "
1-
0623 " "
1-
0623 thin/ret
1-
0626 from Zangely
fates
2-
0626 " "
1-
0626 " "
1-
0630 " "
1-
0634 wedge-told
shrewaht
1-
0635 ficon Ferring
Pelti
1-
0635 " "
1-
0635 " "
1-
0635 " "
1-
0640 " "
1-
0640 " "
1-
0645 " "
1-
0650 " "
1-
0653 " "
1-
0655 " "
1-
0705 " "
1-
0705 " "
1-
0706 " "
1-
0710 " "
1-
0710 " "
1-
Three birds are doing the same
as the bird yesterday morning
ship
It takes perhaps five minutes at
most for a bird to get behind ship
To catch up and cross the bow
ship is moving ca. 11 knots.
4 = x .91
60 / 5 601,55.000
51.0
/100
So the birds are
moving 2+ miles in the op
the ship moves 1 mile
which would mean a speed of ca. 25 knots
for the birds and they are moving at
what I would call a leisurely pace
at 07:00 there two birds were ca 1/2 mile ahead
of ship, when first seen then were ca 1/2-2/3 miles
behind ship
25 mph probably a fair
food estimate of cruising
flight speed for the T.F.P.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66