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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 30Aug, 67
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0700 BFA 3 W - Begin obs
boiling ship.
0712 BFA 4 W "
0737 Storm pet 1 W thought 2 Cargls a glimpse of a white lump, but
not sure.
0805 Leach's pet 1 E very small lump patch, fast, darting flight.
0815 BFA 7 W all were falling ship a few minutes ago, but 5
are now sitting on H2O together + 26 boiling
Single help found.
0858 -
1005 Bird of 1 S " 2 mile off.
1012 Storm pet 1V SE
1015 Shelpet 1V SB
1115 COWBIRD 1V CE
1153 Storm pet 1V E
1300 BFA 4 W - ecting garbage stern
1310 STORM PET 1V W
1345 Storm pet 1 V W - hovering over wake astern ship.
1354 Jaugh ap 1 V S - Lamantate/dark plumage (dark), short,
sharply pointed elongate central tail feathers.
1530 -
1544 StormPet 2V 888
1800 BFA 7 V WEE
1845 - DELPHINUS CA 60 RIDING BOW
Variations: From largely white dorsals to all
dark. Flippers from light to dark,
showing white atop of Beak and forward
of flukes on dorsal surface = may be bubbles
or color aberration due to flow of water.
SMALLER OVES (3-4) APPEARED LIGHTER
ONLY ABOVE
1944 - SUNSET - CLOSE OBS,
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66