045 Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: R. J. Gould Date 04 July 1967 Pg. # 1 sunrise: 0605 begin observation = 0600 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0635 Shear/Pet 1- ? 0638 from Zennady Petrel 1- NW molting 0658 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1- @ dark Phase 0704 Flock 50±10 @ 0712 Shear/Pet 50±10 @ 0718 from Zennady Petrel 1- @ molting 0734 NO To observation 0746 0804 Pleuridone 1- NWD probably 5.F.P. 0815 Flock 13±3- actually feeding To from Zennady Petrel (200 feet seen) 0819 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 13±3m light Phase Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1- @ 2nd Phase 0835 from Zennady Petrel 1- @ molting 0840 II 11 1- @ molting 0849 II 11 1- on 4.0 0904 II 4 4- @ searching 0907 II 11 1- W wind 0935 II 11 1- @ 1015 Seabird Petrel 1- @ 1030 To 1415 Actively feeding over school of Jumping Tuna. As perhaps 10-20 fish jumping on the sea - time and all from looked like from Zennady Petrel, but they were too far away to be sure. Watson which who had lot of commercial fishing experience estimated the flock to be about 1 mile away. I had also estimated the same distance, a somewhat less (3/4 to 1 mile) another man or which who had much less experience estimated on 1/2 mile. This last man did not have binoculars and thought that there were less than 10 birds in the flock. My mate, was also without binoculars, but said there were more than that although he made no attempt to estimate the number present. The main reason the bird could be seen was that the sun was slightly off their white underside. They could only barely be made out when they turned their backs toward the stern. At this time they could very be seen when outlined against the sky. Olearopteris station ship shipped - Bird reported flying around ship - apparently a Booby, perhaps blue-faced Booby SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66