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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
DATE 14 December
Pg.# 6#
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
1520 Bird 3 N Same black bodied - white underwing,
1521 Sooty Shear. 1 888 white belly, long necked birds. They are larger
than Sooty Shears.
1523 Sooty Shear Pelican quills
Oldair
Sooty Shear 2 3 4 1 2 There otter were two in water and longer
than one foot. Steller Sea Lion is the only
probable animal. The mammals seemed
e to be the focal point of the flock, as the
sealions moved the birds seemed piled up and
follows.
1530 Marbled Murrelet 1 flew then laddermaker. White or
belly & Threed with white streaks or band.
1535 Resume heading 275°(SW). Seems
from in flight refueling.
1545 Kittiwake 2 NW
1548 Pelican 2 W 1 first year bird; 1 second yr bird.
1552 Pelican 2 O
1553 Gulls sp. 2 SE adults
1559 Binds 2 E Fast flying, long necked, white belly
1559 Brown Peltuin 2 888
1605 Cornerout 1 E way out & traveling fast
1605 Phalangae? 1 E saw bird coat 1520
1607 Atrere ? 3
Sooly Shearwater
Pick sooty Shear 1
1604 Brown Pelican 4 on aster
1615 Forest Stone
Turn 2
1615 Bird on 2 E Black / white / long thick necked.
1615 Pernatit gagea 1 E
1632 Bottonate 1 480