EAC 14, Jordan, June-August 1967
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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