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 DATE 14 December Pg.# 4 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. Flock 1140 Herring Gull 20 N.E. Gull sp 4 from Western Gull 2 N.D. 1146 Pelican 1 1146 Black-leg Kittiwake 1 1st yr 1153 Black-leg Kittiwake 35±2 Herriing Gull 10 ±3 al. Sooty Shearwater 5 Gull sp 5 1157 Terns 2 5 either Common or Forster's, probably the latter since outer primaries did not have the dark fluch of a Common, but birds were quite a way from ship. Animals were not coming and quarter at all. Blow was very slack and bulbous. They must have been small whales or porpoise. 1200 Mammalo 4 N 1220 Pelican 1 N 1226 Sooty Shearwater 1 888 1236 Gull sp 2 on H2O 1241 Sooty Shearwater 2 various 1243 " " 2 1243 " " 1 1244 Sooty Shearwater 5 Black-leg Kittiwake 20±5 bird 1 sitting on water any how been oiled? 1250 Shorebird 2 1250 BFA/boon 1 1251 Malls 5 1253 Sooty Shear 1 E 1258 Glacous wing Gull 1 on H2O Adults sitting on floating kelp mass flying and ship 3-4 yrs.