EAC 19, Rockaway, August-September 1967
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Noon. 3°25'N - 94°46W SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 19 SEPT 67 Pg. # Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0800- [illegible]SP. 10-15 [illegible] 1000 Oceanodroma 1215- Frigate 100±10 1220 Birds Red-footed Boobies 50-60 1235 Shearwaters 2? SE (Wedgetail?) ? SE->NE-N Stern? 1 SE (Houbara) SP. 1705 Shearwaters 2 1730 Red-footed 6 SW Boobies [illegible] passed indiv. & groups of 2-3. feeding flock; most f Great F.B. a few of the Frigates were chasing some of the Red footed Boobies 2 groups of Boobies in water 20-30 in each - only a few were flying about 10-15 Boobies, in light phase. then landed; underside of wing white outer part - inner half with white diagonal stripe rest of body dark dark in color - no linoc's - looked like above through ±200yd off 3½ HRS OBS SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66