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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
R J Gould
Date 20 July 1967
Pg.# 1
SPECIMEN
or
Scenics-0538
Begin observation, 0615-
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0625 Leach/Harcourt Petrel 3- @ - split up, as set on 1426, fell behind others. Keeping with ship for another minute.
0630 Leach Petrel 1- @ - saw bird? at 0637
0632 Leach/Harcourt Petrel 1- @
0632 "" 1- NE
0651 Storm Petrel 1- #3 - flew like Leach / a Tropicbird
0730 20
To
0750 Obser.
0818 Horned Petrel 1- @
0837 White-Throated Storm Petrel 1- NWSW - good view - kicking off water with both feet and stab intervals - actually looked at it when hoping across the water. At 2:35
0900 Sooty Petrel 2- NNE
0912 White-Throated Storm Petrel 2- @ - good view - kicking off water with both feet at short intervals
0920 "" 1- @
0928 "" 1- @
0930 Darkly "Blue-jaw?" in Abbotton? 1- NE - ca. 1 1/2 mile from ship - flying interspersed with glides but no arcing. all a little except black somewhat on dorsal surface of wing or body or both. Tottled might be an Abbotton
0932 Shea/Petrel 1- @ - white rump; looked fairly large, but gave a detour from ship. Rising up like a Thunderbird at times but looked more the shape of a Storm Petrel.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66