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Ship Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 21 SEPT 67
Pg.#
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0800-1000 (Leach's) SP 15 [illegible] indus - when stopped grouped up
0900 SOOTY SP 2 -DSW off stern STA 47573
0920 FLYCATCHER 1 -DN,NE in wake
1020 NORTHERN 5 -DE landed aboard then off to SE. (EASTERN KINGBIRD)
PHALAROPE 2 -DSW FLYING ABOUT 30-50 ft off water
1120 BLUE FACED 1 -DN ADULT, 10-2 ft off water
BOOBY
1125 School of MACKEREL surface feeding
1325 (Leach's) SP 2 -DS School of fish feeding on surface
1335 NORTHERN 1 -DS,SE flew over ship; have heard the same
PHALAROPE chirping sound before - but have not seen
birds - also heard it at times during
night.
1345 BLUE FACED 1 -DS,SE
BOOBY
1400 RED FOOTED 1 -DSSE flew over ship; circled 2 times
BOOBY
1435 NORTHERN 9 -DNW one group w/5 ; two w/2, STA. 47515
PHALAROPES TEIN?, LEAST? 1 NW-DSW mackerel? feeding; flew circled dove
into water about 12 times - circled
flew off to SE. 1500 Tern back again
feeding.
1500 NORTHERN 2 [illegible] 1 on surface, 1 flying about
PHALAROPE (Black SP) 1 (Leach's)
12 61 (Leach's)
(Oligodroma)
1535 School of fish surface feeding
Tern
BLUE FACED 1 -DNW
BOOBY
1845 BROWN BOOBY 1
ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON FOREMAST
SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66