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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date Oct. 19, 1967
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0717
0735 st. petrel sp 1 E
0830 BFA (2)
0840
Sunrise - begin observations - cloudy, occasional sun
for brief periods - wind NWW 25-30knots - sea choppy.
Obs. shifted to bridge because of strong winds.
Following. One with white underbody, brightest on
lower belly - and broad bright white patch at
tail, - 2nd bird apparently all dark with
some white on upper tail
0910 BFA (2)
0930 BFA (3)
55 BFA (4)
56 Jaeger Sp. 1 OS
1017 Pom Jaeger 1 S
29 IV. Phalanger 1 S
45 Pom Jaeger 1 CEE
Same white bird, but dark one now has no white in tail
" " " and two all dark birds
Following.
LE followed only a short time -
shall be counted as separate
bird - hence not coded
as follower
STORN - 1
JSP - 2
Pom J. - 5
NPACL - 1
CHUA - 1
10V
1100 Pom Jaeger 1 S
12 25 S/KAU 1 O
33 Pom Jaeger 1 S
Ad Davis Following ship
cc to South
Davis Ad
Following Ship
Ad Butt
Ad - Intermediate phase - long tail feathers
1155 Pom Jaeger 1 E
1258 Jaeger sp 1 CEE
dark
light belly - prob. intermediate phase
Imm or Subadult - Reliability 2 - circled ship several times,
then sat on water
1330 Jaeger sp 1 W
1430 Herring Gull 1 CEE
cc to W
Ent. Ad
Together
Davis possibly Immature
1520
25 Pom Jaeger? 1 S
36 Pom Jaeger 1 S
1600 P. Phal 1 CE
31 Jaeger SP 1 O
50 Snow/Pet 3 CEE
53 BFA (6)
55 Phalanger sp 1 O
Following ship
1701 Herring Gull 1 O
Tom
AD E-X
1707 Pom Jaeger 1 SW
16 Jaeger sp (3) S CEE
Following; all sitting on water together
for moment
1750 BFA (3)
1800 STON m PET SP 1 O
1804 W R S P (Leah) 1 CEE
SUNSET CLOSED 85
JSP - 6
H Gull - 2
Pom - 3
RPHAL - 1
S/P - 1
PARC SP - 1
STON m - 1
W R S P - 1
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66