EAC 19, Rockaway, August-September 1967
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Noon 13°34N~98°01'W SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 22 SEPT 67 Pg.# Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0600 Brown Booby 1 0645 Brown " 2 0710 Brown " 8 0730 (NORTHERN) PHALACROPS 45 0810 Booby 1 STORM PETREL 1 school of fish (Sleipjack Tuna?) jumping 200-300 yds. in wake 1045 (Heaclis S.) Oceanodroma BLUE FACED BOOBY 1 Blacky (SOOTY) S.P. 1 -BS,SE 1145 BLUE FACED Booby 1 -BS,SU MARLIN 1 GREENS TURTLE 1 BROWN BOOBY 4 -BSE 1230 BROWN BOOBY 5 1300 (SANDPIPER) -1 -BNW 1330 BLUE FACED Booby 1 -BNJVE 1335 " " 3 -BE 1500- 1700 " " 10 -BS 1815 (DONLIN? SANDPIPER) 1 Phidangea [illegible] ON FOREMAST ABOVE RADAR : STAYED THERE OVERNIGHT? flew around ship - one on mast joined them. flying about & sitting on water white - too far off to IDEN. like heaclis except no white stump completely dark. flew around ship 3 times then NW FISHING BUOYS - LONG LINERS ? SIGHTED GROUPS of 2,3 & indivi like sandpiper seen earlier. On surface, flew up - then back to surface. SHR OBS SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66