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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
P. J. Gould
Date 25 July 1967
Pg. # 1
SPECIMEN
or
Lemniscus = 05°49'
Begin Observation = 0510
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0510 Juan Fernand Petrel 1 - @
0812 " " 1 - @
0514 " " 1 - @
0515
To
0545
0545 Shear/wat 1 - @w
0546 Juan Fernand Petrel 1 - @
0547 Small gull 1 - SW
Red-footed
1500b
0548 2 - @
1st yr. light from all over somewhat
lighter below.
0600 Blue-footed Booby 5 - Follow
ship
0600 Juan Fernand Petrel 1 - @
0605 " " 1 - @
0613 " " 2 - @
0613 " " 1 - @m H2O
0614 " " 1 - @m H2O
0614 " " 1 - @
0617 " " 7 - @
--- tool as 2 minute break after 0545 this
--- all ca 50 yds apart except 2 settle, next to each other
0625 Wedge-tail 1 - @
0625 Shear-wat 1 - @
0625 Juan Fernand Petrel 1 - @
0630 " " 1 - @
0630 " " 1 - @
--- 0620 [Blue-foot + Brown Booby] still with us
one Booby (adult) flew close to a Juan Fernand Petrel and pecked at him
in mid air, Petrel flinched and
flew away
--- now flock 10 around all scattered
Octavius, depths, around ship
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66