EAC 14, Jordan, June-August 1967
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360 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