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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 25 Aug 1967
Pg.# 3
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
1231 Gull ap. 1 NW Same one as previous eighty. Immature,
dark from, probably Western -
1231 Herring gull?. adult 1 E Adult, black wing tips, lighter mantle,
H.G.-sized;
1300 Heerman's Gull?? 1 - Gull-sized bird, sitting on floating
piece of wood. No clean grey or mantle,
seemed mostly brownish; light
breast. Best gull sp. reliability of
Gulls only accurate.
adult - good I.D.
1311 Salvin's Gull 2 SE
1313 imm. gull ap. 1 - on water. Mostly dark brown, w/
light head; primaries shafts
conspicuously light in dark brown wings.
1319 Pink-footed 1 W
1324 Cormorant ap. 1 SE 14-1/2 miles SW past beam.
1337 Gull ap. 1 N immature; mostly dark brown, light
rump, dark head and tail.
1344 west. gull 1 - adult; sitting on floating wood; took off
steadily to W.
1348 Brown Pelican ap. 4 - 3+1; sitting. appeared brown-grey
sitting in company w/ the lone
pelican above.
1348 Gull ap. 3 -
1355 Gull ap. 2 - 1 sitting on floating wood; mulling;
bar to stub.
1400 BR. PEL. 1 SE
1401 Gull ap. 5 E
Pink foots.
BR. PEL. 1 E
1402
CLOSE 47 SEA OBS. 3½ MI. SE
ANACAPH
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66