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SI-MNH-958a
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 20 December
Pg.#
ek
ad
lk
oon
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0650
0700
Calif gull 1
Gulls - 100+
just off seal Beach 2 heavy fog
visibility 1/4 mi at best.
Ad.
many gulls flying in, out, and
around in fog- impossible ime to get good count or estimate
Ship moving
around in
slow circle
0718
Brown Pelican 8
0722
Herring Gull 10
on H2O
0726
Large Alcid 1 E
> sitting on water V
near small boat
0728
Brown Pelican 2 W
0730
Calf Gull 1 O
a2
0730
many travel harbor
040 0739
Gulls 50+2
flying & sitting all around
not a flock
0740
enter outer breakwater
0742
Surf Scoter 9
8 J +1% on water
0742
Bingault Gull 1
0744
Surf Scoter 36
mattly 1/5
0744
Bingault Gull 1
on H2O
0746
Surf Scoter 4
on H2O
and
0750
enter inner breakwater
1100
seem wash while loose from o.
underway
R14g-6:11 Gull 1
Squawks Gull 4
Calfining Gull 5+
1107
Surf Scoter 7
m H2O
499 + 375
1107
11
6
11
488 + 273
1100
Cleared inner breakwater