W Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: R.T.B.L. Date 15 September Pg.# 1 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0649 0650 M. Dove 1 0650 Cowbird 1 0707 BFA 0733 Jaeger sp 1 SE 0745 BFA 2 0749 tern-sp 2 0750 S/SB shat. Jaeger Bird 1 0839 Shearwater <sp 1 W 0910 M. Dove 1 0912 M. Dove 3 0912 BFA 3 0930 Red Phalange 1 0938 Cowbird 0945 Sooty shear 1 SW 0958 Shear-sp 1 SW 0958 shearpet 1 SW 1000 Sooty sh. 1 SW 1001 Sooty sh 2 SW 1003 Bird 2 1009 Sooty Sh 1 SW 1010 Sooty Sh 1 SW 1016 Sooty sh 1 SW 1020 Shear-sp 1 SW 1021 Shear-sp 2 SW 1022 Storm pet 1 SW 1023 WRST-Pet 1 CEE 1025 Sooty sh 1 SW 1027 Sooty sh 1 SW 1034 Shear 1 SW 1038 Sooty sh 1 SW 1039 Storm pet 1 SW 1043 Sooty sh 1 SW 1044 DRsP 1 CEE 1048 Sooty sh 1 SW SR by in us. - low overcast - NW wind hampers obs. With ship with ship-immature - several times flying 15' above deck level. Lt phase ad- made one good pass at M.Dove, then Small-parasitic or long-tailed? - L-T reliability 2. Following Not with group when seen. -Milling group- at least 4 birds, possibly more - Too Distant to see any storm-pets. - No slick visible in Wind-roughened water. Birds remained in one general area as ship passed. Sooty, reliab. 3. Earlier Dove not seen after about 0750. Probably 3 new ones Following Crossing bow, calling Imm - same as 0650 bird? Very distant Distant- prob. Sooty Distant Prob. Sooty Rel. 3- distant Rel 2 Rel 2 MD-9- Cow-1- Jsr-2- Tern-1- SS-15- BInd-3- Sooty-6- RPhal-1- SIP-1- Storm-2- Wasp-1- DASP-1- SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66