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NW - changed to West
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Ryle, Delong
Chandler 1530-
Date 12 Sept. 67
Pg.# 5
Ship Direction
SPECIMEN
or
BAND NO.
REMARKS
TIME SPECIES # DIR.
1517 BFA 1 SE Passed to rear, and joined two others following.
1517 BFA 2
1529 Sooty Sh. 1 3 hour following
1550 Mounting Dove W.R.S.P. 2 140065 circling ship - Probably bird on mast at 1315, possibly 1 of early morning flocks
1553 Phalarope sp. .H E
1555 Sooty Sh. 1
1559 STORM PET 1 E
1607 JAE.G. SP 1 S
1619 STORM PET 1 E E
1629 BIRD 1
1630 STORM PET 1 E E
1707 PINTAIL? 1 SE CIRCLING SHIP - MALLARD / PINTAIL (NARROW WHITE EDGE INSPECULUM)
1707 BLACK TURNST. 1 EEE calling
1720 TERNS, sp. 3 CE DUCKS PRESENT WEATHER CLEARING RAPIDLY
FF 1720 J4866 a SP 7? EEE 3 ALL MILLING ABOUT - DISTANT 3 WHITE BIRDS
TERNS OR TERNIC-BIRDS OR SABINES GULL
APPEARED TO BE FISH JUMPING
POSSIBLY A STERNA/PETR OR TWO PRESENT
A LINE HIGA OVER 820
small, flying w/ gulls? ASHOREBIRD?
Common/Arctic
Very distant - away from sun - shone white against dark clouds -
definitely Terns.
Not a flock - moving back & forth from high to low -
Feeding? - Direct travel.
TF 1725 STERNA/ GULL 11 SE
1752 Sterna 1 NW
1755 Sterna? 3 E E
1811 Sterna 7 E
1812 Sterna 2 E
1814 Jauger sp 1 NE
1815 Sterna 4 E
1830 Storm-petrel 1 SE NW
Shiart pet 1 E
Sterna 7 E
1833 Shear/pet 1 SE
1835 Storm petrel 1 W
1836 Phalarope sp 2 W
1843 Sterna 2 N
1842 1844 Whale spout
1848 Tern/Jaeger 1 SE Distant,
1902 TERNS/GULL 1 E STERNA / SABINES? (STERNA REL. 3)
1904 JAE.G.SP 1 E W
1905 STORM PET 2 N E AT CA 2 MI,
1907 JAE.G. SP 1 E
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66