EAC 19, Rockaway, August-September 1967
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Noon 3'15N - 88'04'W SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 4 SEPT Pg. # Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0630 Frigate Birds 3 Red-footed Bobbies 6 Gaegeurs, Pacific? 10-15 0645 Frigates 2 Red-footed Bobbies 7 Gaegeurs 10 0930 Leach's SP? - opeanodroma - BN Frigate B. 1 1030 Red-footed Bobby 1 - BN 1040 Frigate B. 1 - NE 1116 Leach's SP? 1/2 - NW-N Shearwater wedgebill? [illegible] 1155 Frigate B. 3 - NE 1215 Red-footed Bobby 1 - E R.? [illegible] 1 - S-DN-DNU 1400 Frigate B. 3 Red-footed Bobbies 3 1415 Red-footed Bobbies 2 [illegible] > Gaegeurs & Frigates in feeding flock - circling - Frigate - high. Bobbies in separate group - circle - during - to East > 2nd group of birds circling + feeding to East Soaring - high - 1-2 mi off to west & Great circling over surface: dark except for white belly & white mid-stripe underside wings; neck sides brown, underside white. 1 female Great; 28° - followed ship south then flew off to NE. 14th Frigate joined up all white bird glimpse - disappeared in waves. off in distance, 1/2 - 1 mile 6 HR OBS SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66