EAC 19, Rockaway, August-September 1967
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Moon - 4°32'5-82'03W SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E SPECIMEN or BAND NO. REMARKS TIME SPECIES # DIR. 0900-1800 Wilson's S.P. 200 Rel 3 Cape Pigeon (Daption chryseus) 10 ? 1 Cape Pigeons 20 (Sooty S.P.) 2 O. marthami Houbrj's S.P. 1 Wilson's 2 Gadfly type Red-capped Sooty Shearwater Rel 3 Sula variegata 5 E-SE Terns 2 NNE Brown Boobies 15 [illegible] 260 1000's of pilot whales seen throughout day-from ship to horizon in all directions. flying about surface particularly bird wake. flying about ship ½ in wake. small grey bird-med. size - black wing bars (throughout day 1 or 2-5 in a [illegible] more probably-Sooty Shearwater maybe Kermadec Petrel ? sitting on surface - flying off as ship approached. individuals unid.- one gray upper parts, white under; black capped head; other same but w/ black bandson upper side wings Group. porpoises 600 yd off stern moving S.E. 5 HR OBS SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66