EAC 24, Hall, September 1967
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assumed NW Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: RLP/c Date Sept 11, 1967 Pg.# 2 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 1408 Sterna 1 1410 Shearwater-sp 1 1413 Shearwater-sp 1 1416 W. Gull 3 1422 Sabine Gull 1 1422 Sterna 3 1425 Sterna 4 1425 W. Gull 4 1426 Pink-ft. Sh. 1 N Distant, Sooty size-probably Sooty Distant, Sooty size-probably Sooty 3 sitting on water light brown above, distinctly darker wing tips Dirty white below - large- flapped a lot-arced couple of times 1428 Sterna 8 AAS Sabine Gull 1 GA 3 together on water 1429 W. Gull 1 Sterna 1 1432 Sterna 1 Sabine Gull 1 1437 Sterna 3 Gull-sp 1 Distant - but probably large like Western 3 1440 Sterna 1 S 1441 Sterna 1 S 1454 W. Gull 1 S 1456 Phalarope? 8 NW Acl Size + general color of phalaropes- tight flock flying by 50' above water, 1 repeating a single call Note "cheek" 1 imm/subadult, 1 adult Acl 1501 W. Gull 2 1507 Sterna 1 1511 W. Gull 1 1514 W. Gull 1 1518 W. Gull 2 E 1543 W. Gull 1 SE 1544 W. Gull 1 on water, flushed imm/sub-adult 1 acl; 1 subadult subadult adult close obs 1655 Begin obs 1714 Gull-sp 1 1715 Mammal 2 3 probably same 1717 Dolphin 2 1730 W. Bull 1 1735 Prob. Western - very distant- crossed bow & settled on water 2 fin sightings simultaneously Came out of water - dark above, white below Standing on keel Close obs. SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66