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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
G. Sower
Date 16 June 1967
Pg.# 2
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0952 Leach Petrel 1 →W
0958 Socorro Petrel 1 →S
1001 Storm Petrel 1 WNW
1015 Socorro Petrel 1 @
1023 Leach Petrel 1 →SW
1024 Socorro Petrel 1 →W
1029 Leach Petrel 1 →SE
1033 Leach Petrel 1 →S
1115
1315
1324 Leach Petrel 1 →W
1328 // // 1 Feeding
1329 // // 1 →NW
1330 Flock
Coast Petrel 2
Leach Petrel 3
Storm Petrel 3
1330 Leach Petrel 1 S
1424 Coasts Petrel? 1 on 420
Tuna Petrel?
1545 Spanish White-bellied Porpoise Large school WSW
75±25
searching birds with over small area,
dispersed as boat approached. On Coasts sit
on the water. No feeding observed. No signs;
fish a film food a predator fish observed.
Not for sure but it looked big, but
they appeared to have black backs or under wing.
Grannelli white bellied Porpoise
identified by mat.
Very small porpoise jumping completely out of
water. Could all dark at last one, dorsal
fin large and curved backward
The school was quite spread out and there were
perhaps 15 or 20 jumping of any one type.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66