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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
M. Gouel
Date 31 Jul, 1967
Pg.#
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
8:30
To
9:30
Brown Pelican 30±5-
Royal Tern 45±10-
Cassin's Auklet 25±5-
Xantus Murrelet 3-
Northern Phalarope 50±10-
Heerman Gull 25±5-
Western Gull 5±-
Magnificent Frigatebird 4-
Mourning Shearwater 40±10-
Porpoise 50+-
Black-footed Albatross 1-
Seal Pelt 5±2-
1645
To
1715
Northern Phalarope 10,000±250-
Red Phalarope 10±5-
Mourning Shearwater 175±25-
Pink-footed Shearwater 100±25-
Seal Pelt 200±25-
Black-footed Albatross 10±2-
Pale-footed Shearwater 1-
Cook's Petrel 100±25-
Kennicott's Albatross? 1-
Albatross 1-
1800
Baird's Dolphin 25+-
off Mazatlan Bay
area swarming with birds
Very little individual of Whitecap Ring
in one flock (very tightly packed together)
with Seals'
well observed, head crested with gray back,
no black patches underneath
Delphinus bairdi
Plight and bow of Ship
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66