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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
HOPP E CHAV
Date 16 July
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
BEGIN OBS
15 1230
BFA 1
1645 II 2
eating refuse astern & lit ring, [illegible] on top
1740 II 3
2 lite / dark - oster
1750 SHEAR/PET 1 cea
WTS SIZE DARK ABOVE NO UPPER PATTERN
ON WINGS OR BACK; BELLY-WHITE
UNDERSIDE OF WINGS WITH BROAD
WHITE CENTER MORE PROOUNCE D
TOWARD PRIMAIRES; DARKER CLOSE
TO AXILARY REGION. DEEP WING BEATS
FLAPPING ERRATICALLY AND CONSTANT .
BRINGS WING HIGH ABOVE BACK
NIGHTHAWK-LITE APPEARANCE? LIPH KERM?
1810 SHEAR/PET 1 cea
ALL DARK W/WHITE PATCH UNDER SURFACE OF
WING TIP - ? OPH. KERM?
1900 SHEAR/PET 1 W
low on normal mirror wings plate - white difficult onye, no discernable pattern
CLOSE OBS.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66