S-change to E -0825 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date Oct 18, 1967 Pg.# 1 Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0736 0730 0732 0733 0740 0816 BFA . (1) 0825 0845 BFA (1) 0920 BFA (1) 1148 Lesser or Greater Yellowlegs 1 lee 1306 WRSP 2 E 1320 RTTB 1 co 1630 Black-bellied Plover 1 cooo winter plum 1631 RBTB 1 ceel rose off H2O acl. 1632 RED PHAL 1 cec 1645 RED PHAL 1 cel on H2O 1655 LEACH SP 1 cea white rump 1715 BIRD SP 1 S 1807 DRSP 1 lee Begin Observations 34-23 126-28 Porpoise-Dolphins perhaps - tight pod of up to 35 visible at once - others scattered behind - 100t animals leaped clear of water, dorsal fin prominent - light-poor. Porpoise - second group in another direction - very distant so that only splashed area visible - probably same species - 50t form Sunrise Sun first appears over cloud bank along horizon no white rtail following Begin change of course to east heading - completed 0828 Skill Following - no white in rump Different from earlier BFA - pale upper tail coverts but not a sharp narrow band like yesterday's bird circled ship then went south Pronounced light wing marks - Hovered briefly at or just above surface with wings held aloft - Couldn't see color or length of legs. Sunset - close obs. BBP - 1 Yeeeee - 1 WRSP - 3 RTTB - 1 RBTB - 1 RPHAL - 2 BIRD - 1 DRSP - 1 SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66