EAC 14, Jordan, June-August 1967
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Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E SPECIMEN or TIME SPEICES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0932 Booby 5- SW 0833 Shewate 1- NE 0834 Booby 1- SW 0834 4 1- N 0835 Tern 1- NE 0843 Booby 1- SE 0846 Booby 1- S 0850 Booby 2- AD 0900 Booby 2- AD 0900 Booby 2- Am 0909 Blue footed Boobs 1- SW OD 0911 Booby 4- SW 0911 Shewate 1- S 0915 Booby 1- SW 0916 11 1- SW 0924 Shewate 1- S 0924 Booby 4- SW 0932 Tern 1- S 0932 Sheep/pet 1- S 0934 Booby 1- N 0840 Brown Boob 1- S 0944 Booby 1- S 0944 Storm Petrel 1- S 0949 11 1- SW 0950 Inward? Shewate 6- N 0950 Storm Petrel 1- S OBSERVERS: Date 07 july 1967 Pg.# 2 To the best that I can judge in this poor light (glow from sun all of smooth water) Tides are Blue-footed Boobies - all are in the sun and by the time been see them away from the sun they are too far away to identify. some are coming within 500s yards of the ship. [on back of Turtle] all sitly on log big turtle beneath water white below, cloudy, looked like Terns but light poor [0911 - Turtle] flew like Terns, but could only see silhouettes. seeds - one school of fish (Tern?) sitting on a turtle " " " SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66