EAC 14, Jordan, June-August 1967
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Ship Direction //0 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 20 jul 1967 Pg. # 2 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0945 white-throated Storm Petrel 1- 0946 Sooty Petrel 1 - SW - faded tail, dark wing, looked just like Leach's petrel 0955 78 1010 gbs. 1013 Storm Petrel 2 - © - flew like a Leach's 1014 1- 11 1 - W - flew like a Leach's 1024 white-throated Storm Petrel 1 - @ 1058 Dark-rump Petrel 1 - 275W - change course to 090° at 1036 - very close - white forehead obvious, dark underwing border difficult especially between body & base of wing - bird appeared uniform, rich brown or blood-brown - could not detect any trace of "M" pattern, flew like a Sooty Petrel. 1100 To 1650 Oceanographic Station 2 Leaks reported at ca 1615 1726 Sooty Petrel 2 - © - 1650 - slow speed (cast knob) and low white-throated Storm Petrel 1 - @ 1710 - full speed - course 020° Seems observer at sunset 1737 - very little glibby, would swoop up high then descend and sit, with outstretched wings, on water for ca. 10-20 seconds, then flutter around, rise up in air, descend, SI-MNH-958-e oil on H2O (while fin the hand would be thrust about in the water) Rev. 5-66