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SI-MNE-958e
7-28-64.
355°
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE Sept 1967
Pg.#
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0630 Begin Obs.
0643 tern sp 1 SE
0645 Oceanodroma 1
0705 Oceanodroma 1
0707 Oceanodroma 1
0713 O.Tethys 1
0719 O. melanura 1
0725 frigate 3 SE Searching Frigates feeding (Alby//
Sooty Tern 1 40±5 SE
Pterodroma phaeopygia 1
Sooty Tern 1 30±5 Frigate feeding
frigate 1 2 SE
Shear-Pet 2 SE
0744 Oceanodroma 1
0744 Wh. faced SP 1
0753 LT T. gryphus 2
0753 O.Tethys 1
0803 Sooty Tern 2
0803 Oceanodroma 2
0804 Shear-Pet 1
Dark-ringed P 1
Kerm. Pet 1
Dad.
0805 Kerm. and Pet 1
0812 Sooty Tern 15±2
frigate 2 Frigates feeding
0830 O.Tethys 3 Styg
0830 Frigate 4
0902 frigate 1
0902 O.Tethys 1
0905 Sooty Tern 1
0906 Bead's Type 2
0906 O. Tethys 2
0907 Sooty Tern 5 SW adult Type
0918 O.Tethys 2 follows ship
0930 Sooty Tern 75±5 all adult seemed to have fresh plumage
Not circling high 200's Some due to H2O - no indication
Of feeding. Good looks at one-North corner.
About 8 of them were sitting at H2O
Calling.
0943 Shear-Pet 1 Headed off in SE direct.