EAC 14, Jordan, June-August 1967
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Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: pJGued Date 23 febr. 1967 Pg.# 2 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0915 Juan Fernandez Petrel 1 - @ - molting 0823 Shear/Pet 0832 Juan Fernandez Petrel 1 - W 1 - W - molting 0835 & FLOCK 0945 Wedge-tail Juan Fernandez Petrel 300±50 - DARKHOUSE 100±25 - at least half of the birds were sitting on the water, the rest were flying lazily aboard or if flushed from the ship. at least one of the wedge-tails was molting in the previous 0850 Juan Fernandez Petrel 2 - NE - 0952 " 1 - W - 0857 Black-winged Petrel 1 - NNE - 0903 Juan Fernandez Petrel ( - E - molting 0908 " 1 - UW - 0906 Wedge-tail Shearwater 1 - NE - light phase 0910 Juan Fernandez Petrel ( - NE - molting 0915 " 1 - S - 0921 " 1 - E - 0922 " 1 - on 1/20 - 0922 Wedge-tail Shearwater 2 - S - Dark phase 0924 Shear/Pet 1 - E - 0928 Terns 5 - SE - 0938 Juan Fernandez Petrel 1 - SE - 0938 Shear/Pet 1 - Looked like the right-tigs, above, 4 flight for Sooty Terns, over below horizon. I could make out whites below, dark above, rest of the tern they were once pelicans SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66