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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
M. Gouel
Date 21 June 1967
Pg.# 2
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0952 Phaethon 1- - - looked small
0957 Shearwater 1- - - a bit below, looked like wedge-tail
0959 Leach's Petrel 1- - -
1000 to
1425 No obs.
at recording buoy
oceanographic station
a light phase Wedge-tail was seen a little stopped (ca 1115)
1425 Red-tail 1- own slip (new ship heading 152°)
Frigatebird
1529 Shearwater 1- nw - flyp like Wedge-tail, flying in light
rain just after we passed through heavy
rain squall
1530
1538 Shearwater 1- - - all dark, looked and flew like a
wedge-tail.
1553 Shearwater 1- - - both were white bellied, white
underwing with black border, both
looked large size. Both at edge
of rain squall.
1600 to
1730 No obs.
Oceanographic Station
1720 Slow speed Plankton - -
1735 - - - -
1758 Wedge-tail 2- - - both light phase
Shearwater
1806 Black-wing 1- → - -
Petrel
1816 Wedge-tail 1- → - light phase
Shearwater
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66