EAC 1, Henderson, December 1966
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SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E 1966 DATE 14 DECEMBER Pg.# 3 o95y Black leg kittiwake 0956 Pelican 0956 Gull sp. 0957 Pelican 1000 Gull sp. 1005 " 1010 Pelican Gull sp. 75±15 1011 Gull sp 1011 Kittiwake ? 1012 Gull sp 1019 Gull sp 1022 Pelican 1026 Pelican 1030 1035 Pelican 1035 Herring Gull 1040 Black-leg kittiwake 1050 Western Gull Herring Gull Gull Sp. 1055 Cormorant sp 1056 Gulls sp. FF 11/4 Kittiwake Gull Herring Gull Western Gull Gull sp Pelican 1125 Cormorants 1134 Slender-bill Shearwater # dir. hgt. remarks 1 NW 1 N 1 SE 2 E 1 N 11 V 2 V 1 NW 2 3 1 5 low 2 SE 1 1 @ 2 ad. 2 ad. 3 down 2 10 5+ 30 ±5 4 3 E 1 5W loc. jetyn bird on water high "" Very small, Storm petrel light flutter flight very white appearing but darker (guy?) on back struck low to water for out. Marked contrast between back & belly. two adult Western Gulls still following ship following ship Scavenging by diving to water and probing at something with bill while body 57:11 in air "contact dipping." following ship thrashed sad in water heeding towards island scattered around on horizon (rocks-sticks) - gulls, gannets dumped overhead + gulls & pelican can slip in from all directions - flood gull from 5 & 50+ in port / in two minutes - 1 hour Tuna 3 adults traveling under top pole but not white on silver flaw more tadarliiis il