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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Hoff
Date 10 August
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0630
0745 WASP
0800 BFA
0855 STORM PET
0904 11 11
0914 ARCTIC TEQU
0934 WRS P
1640 BFA 5
1230 Band-tailed Pigeon
1235 Phal sp.
1367
1308 WRS P
1315 RBTB
1355 Red Phalange
1445 Red Phalange
1450 R. Phal.
1505 R. Phal.
1510 R phal
1515 11
1525 11
1530 11
1535 11
1540 PHAL SP
1548 WRS P
1550 RED PHAL
1552 WRS P
1558 SHOREBIRD
1559 STORM PET
S.R. open do.
asterm
appeared darkish below, no white wing tips - rel. 2
asterm
Fred Forty Macrogates, entering
Coastal current influence.
on water; flew E - Ashall band - tail less.
Cubvies lay but worn ragged - post breeding
conditions?
feeding in seaweed - passing through an area
of floty clumps with most busy Phalanges sitting
at gribbing at the debris Insects - crustacea
variation in light to dark upper dorsal parts noted
in the past 8 birds - some were very light
and others were grey shaded over the mantle
1550 c/k 090 -> 150 PT "D"
BROWN ABOVE LIGHT BELOW NO WING STYPE
CLOSE TO H2O 2 P.A.S. SMALL
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66