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Ship
Direction
RU JORDAN: EASTROPAC
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 23 Oct '67
Pg.# 2
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
1000
1008
1010
FF
BWP
Soot Tem
WTS
WTS
JFP
Phypol.
Porpoise
WRS P
Jaeger sp
1020
1025
1028
0320
1120
FF
Pintail
25
1030
(Weather)
1230
1231
FF
JFP
P.extema
1
5
1235
Shear/pel
8
1250
WRS P
1
1256
Harcourt's
1
1304
WRS P
1
1305
1308
1RSP
1
1315
JFP
2
1315
(WRS P
2
1320
1332
Wedg.tail
1
1332
Harcourt
1
rain squalls to sw ½ E
adults
light
dust
S. qualmani ? BAH 10/23/67
Stevella longirostris 01/10/68
checked ref.
BAH
all black, triangular dorsal fin, Long snout, steep
forehead. Flukes & curved up while in air. Ca 6' long
light phase
div line seen
Station STOP, close obs
landed 150 yards from the ship.
wind 09@08 Dry 82.5 wet 76.5 Barom 135 Weather !
old typ 6 ant 6 wave 02-04 heat 27.4
resume dr, 5 knots south
AT edge of rain squall
Very well seen; shallow- arched tail, feel not
extending. No black div. line.
Resume full speed.
The 25 pintail just flew by headed South. Watched them
for 5 minutes. Were in a line formation and slowly gaining
level during this period; very little deviation from course. When
last seen they were estimated to be at ≈ 1000' and climbing
slowly.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66