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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
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SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66