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28 Aug 47
Pg. 1
0645 - Begin obs; sunrise.
0658 - Baleen whaleap. - 1022 - W - fan to port:
0705 - whaleap. -1 - ? - Spout seen ca 4-5ml off starboard bow
0719 - BFA - 1 - E - just started following ship, none seen behind accompanying ship. Dark bump; saw white in under tail cavities.
0723 - BFA - 2 - E
0829 - DRSP - 1 - S
0907 - Porpoise - 30 ee - Delphinus ? NOT CHASED
HIGH DORSAL TYPE w/much splashing
RUNNING HARD
0951 - STORM PET - 1 - ce
0952 - Wnsp - 1 - ce
0953 - SEAL SP. - 1 - - lead out of H2O
1009 - REDPHAL - 1 - SITTING ON H2O A WINDOW ON SLICK
1015 - BFA - 2 ✓ ee
1050 - DUCKSP - 17 - SE - flying bi, a line, in sun, id? puddle-size
1127 - DRSP - 2 ✓ ce
1139 - Jaeger sp. - 1 - S - flying ca 50'-100' off H2O; far ahead.
BFA
1 - E - following ship.
1152 - WRS P - 1 ✓ N
1155 - Baleen whaleap. - 2 - W - '80 chased - REDORTS GO BEASTS
120缓 - Porpoise - 30? - all Dolphins at least 1 with white-type dorsal, did not ride bow chased + fleet
1212 DUCKSP - 20? ✓ SE FLUSHED BY '80 (AROUND WHALE 1155)
SEEN IN DISTANCE MAYBE SAME AS ABOVE SIGHT
1215 STORMPET.SP. - 1 ✓ ce
1230 - Stop - slip to make for other vessel to catch up.
No OBS.
1415 - resume underway watch
1435 - JAEGERSP. - 1 - E
1450 - BFA - 1V - eating a dead fish [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
1501 - REDPHAL. - 1V - ce - MERO CYST IG