EAC 14, Jordan, June-August 1967
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165 Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 17July 1967 Pg.# 9 Sunrise = 0600 Begin Observation = 0550 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0538 Sooty Tern 1- ? - Immature (1+ yr.) - still amid-way 0730 0730 T 06s. 0914 Sooty Tern 1- @ Feeding - one bird again at 0918 flying at edge of rain squall 1030 20 06s. 1340 1340 Slow Speed for netters 1400 Resume full speed 1520 Feach/ a Uncourt Petrel 1- @ - Level 1 1544 Huncourts Petrel 1- @ - Tail with very shallow fold when speed, flight without glides + soon central + rapid wing beats, then 1520 bird, no inkling of dark in which any patch 1549 Sooty Tern 1- @ 1555 Porpoise 25+ @ - small sign possible Spanish, white and black. "South America Spinne?" 1600 1700 1730 Leach/ a Huncourt Petrel 2- @ 1700 slow speed not for 1723 Resume full speed Leave Observation at Sunset 1806 SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66