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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 9 Aug
Pg.# 2
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
1307 R. Phalene 1
1310 Xantus murrelet. 1
1350
1430 Cowbird? 1
1500 11 1
1505 Porpoise 5
1635 URSPL 1 811
1650
1705 StormPet 1 811
1745 DRSP 1 811
1755 SEAL
1903 Wasp L 1 811
1923 11 1 811
2001 StormPet 1 811
2004 1 811
2016
on water by 201 ft. log. Bird still had salt spray & tail feathers.
Coming around to 090.° - key 2
collected off Phils. deck. 146°F - sawbird? seen by Mr. Bauer
Whales 2- 1/4 mile off - blows only. 500mm Pel 2
Shelf blows is, not Pachypteron spp. Appeared angular and may have been sperm whales but blows may have been knocked down by wind.
Flying around 55 gel. Dwarf Phalio floating in water.
But no doubt - 1 only
Souster, CLOSE OBS.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66